Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	4.99% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	63.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	75.3% Very good	Memory 83.2 1-Core 104 2-Core 206 75% 131 Pts	4-Core 364 8-Core 558 57% 461 Pts	64-Core 554 34% 554 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 240 58,337 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Sapphire(174B E263) 2GB CLim: 780 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 20.11.2 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	4.99% Terrible	Lighting 6.1 Reflection 8.2 Parallax 8.5 5% 7.6 fps	MRender 6.5 Gravity 6.3 Splatting 5.8 5% 6.2 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.99% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron_M500_MTFDDAK960MAV 960GB 535 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 465GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 291 313 247 250 251 271 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	63.1% Good	Read 271 Write 306 Mixed 249 SusWrite 270 62% 274 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 65.5 4K Mixed 29.8 106% 39 MB/s	DQ Read 25.9 DQ Write 109 DQ Mixed 36.7 37% 57.1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 98%
WD My Book 1130 2TB 1,666 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 2TB free, PID 1130 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 118 118 117 116 116 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	49.9% Average	Read 118 Write 119 Mixed 71.8 SusWrite 117 143% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.6 102% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 48%
Maxtor Basics Desktop 1TB 410 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 485GB free, PID 7410 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 39 39 39 37 39 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	18.3% Very poor	Read 37 Write 37.7 Mixed 34.6 SusWrite 38.9 51% 37 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 68% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 18.3% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 04CD F3-1600C11-4GNT 8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 04CD F3-1600C11-4GNT 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	55.9% Above average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 16.4 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 18.4 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 74.8 53% 74.8 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 58%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 9%

Tree trunk

Desktop 61%

Destroyer

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	1,374x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	309x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	258x

RAM
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	102x
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	83x
HMT451U6BFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 53%, 7,217 samples	77x

Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $231

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