Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	3.49% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	80.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Memory 92.9 1-Core 137 2-Core 261 92% 163 Pts	4-Core 494 8-Core 699 75% 597 Pts	64-Core 698 43% 698 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 365B) 2GB CLim: 700 MHz, MLim: 400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	3.49% Terrible	Lighting 4.33 Reflection 4.92 Parallax 3.78 4% 4.35 fps	MRender 5.71 Gravity 4.27 Splatting 3.09 3% 4.36 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.49% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
AMD Radeon R3 120GB 3,248 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 77GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2C SusWrite @10s intervals: 264 68 55 54 55 57 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Read 425 Write 359 Mixed 329 SusWrite 92.2 67% 301 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 41.5 146% 57.2 MB/s	DQ Read 267 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 224 186% 266 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 87%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 91GB free Firmware: 1A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 81 81 81 81 81 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	44.6% Average	Read 74.5 Write 76.6 Mixed 64.9 SusWrite 80.5 55% 74.1 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 184% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 85%
Toshiba P300 1TB-$45 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 498GB free Firmware: A8J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 122 131 128 129 129 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	70.6% Very good	Read 120 Write 96.3 Mixed 21.9 SusWrite 126 66% 91 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 149% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1319 CL11-11-11 D3-1600 8GB 38 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	59.2% Above average	MC Read 22 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 16.8 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 18.3 55% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 62.3 64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 59%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 18%

Surfboard

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	47x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	41x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	39x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	45x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	26x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	19x

Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $281

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16