Powerspec B Series

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (93rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 7 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.78% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

23 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago.

System	Powerspec B Series (all builds)
Motherboard	MSI Z97M-G43(MS-7924)
Memory	4.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140919
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 26 '22 at 02:29
Run Duration	95 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Memory 96.2 1-Core 110 2-Core 220 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 427 57% 425 Pts	64-Core 428 26% 428 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 740 30,433 User benchmarks, average bench 7% MSI(1462 8A9E) 2GB CLim: 1006 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 473.47 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	7.78% Terrible	Lighting 8.6 Reflection 13.3 Parallax 11.4 7% 11.1 fps	MRender 13.1 Gravity 11.3 Splatting 10.2 9% 11.5 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 7.78% Great: 8%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 103GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 4,204 Write 5,280 Mixed 971 774% 3,485 MB/s	4K Read 518 4K Write 235 4K Mixed 314 1,311% 355 MB/s	DQ Read 1,722 DQ Write 1172 DQ Mixed 1,362 1,039% 1,419 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
AMD R934G2130U1S 2x4GB 208 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	71.4% Very good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 26.4 MC Mixed 22.2 71% 25 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 20.8 SC Mixed 21.3 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 53.2 75% 53.2 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 71%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Workstation 8%

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System: Powerspec B Series

CPU
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	10x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	9x
Core i5-4590Intel $188Bench 63%, 151,366 samples	2x

GPU
GeForce GT 740NvidiaBench 7%, 30,433 samples	4x
GeForce GT 630NvidiaBench 4%, 60,212 samples	3x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	2x

SSD
MX500 1TBCrucial $74Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	2x
840 Evo 1TBSamsung $199Bench 105%, 23,857 samples	1x
530 Series 120GBIntel $79Bench 67%, 15,015 samples	1x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	2x
CL10-10-10 D3-1866 2x4GBUnknownBench 53%, 138 samples	2x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	2x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $127

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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