Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 30% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	40.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	78.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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 (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Memory 95.1 1-Core 106 2-Core 213 80% 138 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 406 54% 405 Pts	64-Core 415 26% 415 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Sapphire(174B 3001) CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.12.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	40.9% Average	Lighting 53.4 Reflection 35.6 Parallax 66.7 44% 51.9 fps	MRender 33.5 Gravity 52.1 Splatting 44.3 36% 43.3 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value	78.2% Very good	Read 504 Write 349 Mixed 419 94% 424 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 89.6 4K Mixed 18.5 107% 43.8 MB/s	DQ Read 23.8 DQ Write 220 DQ Mixed 17.4 44% 87.1 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 103%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$35 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 466GB free Firmware: 20.01H20 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value	68.3% Good	Read 120 Write 119 Mixed 122 91% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.41 103% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 69%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 109GB free Firmware: 12.01B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value	34% Below average	Read 58.2 Write 59.9 Mixed 59.2 45% 59.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 2.25 4K Mixed 0.39 111% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 34% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 44,086 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	64.6% Good	MC Read 22.8 MC Write 23.3 MC Mixed 20.7 64% 22.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 19.9 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 56.9 70% 56.9 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 64%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 34%

Sail boat

Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 26%

Raft

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	65x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	54x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	48x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	18x
Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCrucialBench 56%, 44,086 samples	16x
BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 4x4GBCrucialBench 57%, 14,299 samples	15x

Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $512

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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