CPU not performing to average

John Lin

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I build my PC and ran passmark benchmark (http://www.cpubenchmark.net/)
when i received my result i notice my single core performance is up to average 2100 for i5-4590 single thread performance. however my multicore score is way below average, it was at 6784 (average for i5-4590 is 7200)

My question is, is this an inferior product and should I return it?
what other factor can affect the benchmark?

PCPartPicker part list: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/YkG9nQ
Price breakdown by merchant: http://ca.pcpartpicker.com/p/YkG9nQ/by_merchant/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4590 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($214.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Motherboard: ASRock H97 Anniversary ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($69.00 @ Vuugo)
Memory: A-Data Premier Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1333 Memory ($179.51 @ Amazon Canada)
Storage: A-Data Premier Pro SP900 256GB 2.5" Solid State Drive ($148.34 @ Amazon Canada)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 650 1GB Video Card ($104.99 @ Memory Express)
Case: *Thermaltake Commander MS-I ID ATX Mid Tower Case ($48.50 @ Vuugo)
Power Supply: Antec Basiq 500W ATX Power Supply ($62.98 @ Newegg Canada)
Total: $828.30
Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available
*Lowest price parts chosen from parametric criteria
Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-09-27 20:28 EDT-0400
 
Solution
Its not a big deal, you could be scoring a bit lower because of your motherboard and/or ram. Those scores differences have little mean in real life performance.