Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 77.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590S-$79 11,598 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	77.3% Very good	Memory 89.7 1-Core 105 2-Core 201 77% 132 Pts	4-Core 376 8-Core 377 50% 376 Pts	64-Core 359 22% 359 Pts
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 417GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 128 130 128 129 129 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	63.4% Good	Read 98 Write 98.2 Mixed 61.3 SusWrite 123 70% 95 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 200% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 109%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 858GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 149 159 163 159 176 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 143 Mixed 30 SusWrite 159 92% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 146% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5273DH0-CK0 0420 8GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	58% Above average	MC Read 21 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 18 57% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 18.3 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 67.7 59% 67.7 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 58%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 60%

Gunboat

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	175x
HD 4400 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 64,721 samples	116x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	109x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	51x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 31%, 37,489 samples	36x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	30x

Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $313

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16