Performance Results


Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 25% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 57.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	47% 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	43.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-3450-$59 34,199 User benchmarks, average bench 66% Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3450 CPU @ 3.10GHz, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	57.6% Above average	Memory 58.2 1-Core 92 2-Core 183 61% 111 Pts	4-Core 322 8-Core 363 45% 343 Pts	64-Core 328 20% 328 Pts
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Gigabyte(1458 2290) ≥ 4GB CLim: 947 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.10.35.02 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	47% Average	Lighting 61.7 Reflection 67 Parallax 80 50% 69.6 fps	MRender 58.1 Gravity 54.2 Splatting 41 41% 51.1 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Gigabyte SSD 120GB-$31 13,685 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 56 58 57 60 57 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	43.6% Average	Read 342 Write 55 Mixed 72.9 SusWrite 57.1 28% 132 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 24.6 4K Mixed 14.5 74% 22.3 MB/s	DQ Read 162 DQ Write 50.6 DQ Mixed 58.5 56% 90.2 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 86%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 931GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 109 112 110 107 109 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	69.5% Good	Read 133 Write 111 Mixed 104 SusWrite 109 85% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 188% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5584-005.A00LF KHX1600C9D3/4GX 99U5474-016.A00LF KHX1600C9D3/4GX 16GB 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	46.8% Average	MC Read 16.4 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 15.8 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 13.9 40% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 133 30% 133 ns

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 25%

Surfboard

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 21%

Surfboard

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	29x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	27x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	18x

Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $384

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