Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 80.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	1.97% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	43.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Memory 92.1 1-Core 106 2-Core 216 79% 138 Pts	4-Core 403 8-Core 401 54% 402 Pts	64-Core 405 25% 405 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 610 62,458 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Asus(1043 8408) 2GB CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 300 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	1.97% Terrible	Lighting 2.43 Reflection 2.96 Parallax 0.69 2% 2.03 fps	MRender 2.86 Gravity 2.33 Splatting 2.09 2% 2.43 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.97% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 240GB (2018)-$42 156,194 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 150GB free (System drive) Firmware: UF360000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 90 20 31 69 21 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	43.5% Average	Read 432 Write 150 Mixed 195 SusWrite 40.6 45% 204 MB/s	4K Read 19.8 4K Write 30.3 4K Mixed 17.8 69% 22.6 MB/s	DQ Read 115 DQ Write 7.7 DQ Mixed 42.5 36% 55 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 55%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$30 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 449GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 152 150 143 152 152 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Read 157 Write 130 Mixed 31 SusWrite 149 84% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 107%
WD WD10EURS-630AB1 1TB 3,395 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 443GB free Firmware: 0105 SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 40 41 41 40 41 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	22.6% Poor	Read 38 Write 39.5 Mixed 29 SusWrite 40.4 27% 36.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.6 118% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 22.6% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905584-015.A00LF 99U5584-003.A00LF 8GB 53 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	MC Read 21 MC Write 21.7 MC Mixed 17.8 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 17.7 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 64 62% 64 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 58.5% 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 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	107x

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 $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