Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	3.31% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	95% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4570-$99 129,272 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80% Excellent	Memory 92.6 1-Core 105 2-Core 204 78% 134 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 386 52% 389 Pts	64-Core 392 24% 392 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim32.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	3.31% Terrible	Lighting 3.6 Reflection 2.7 Parallax 6.8 3% 4.37 fps	MRender 7.7 Gravity 2.4 Splatting 4.9 4% 5 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.31% Great: 3%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 255 82 90 90 94 93 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	Read 447 Write 414 Mixed 274 SusWrite 117 70% 313 MB/s	4K Read 39 4K Write 95.2 4K Mixed 51.2 175% 61.8 MB/s	DQ Read 359 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 174 179% 291 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1600 C9 2x2GB 1,328 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	58.7% Above average	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 18.2 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 17.6 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 62.8 64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 59%

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 66%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	55x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	37x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	35x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	22x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	16x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	15x

Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $220

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16