Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 82.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	0.87% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	69.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 above expectations (71^st 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 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Memory 88.9 1-Core 112 2-Core 213 79% 138 Pts	4-Core 407 8-Core 582 62% 495 Pts	64-Core 582 36% 582 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 210 98,254 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Gigabyte(1458 36A9) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.01 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	0.87% Terrible	Lighting 1 Reflection 0.6 Parallax 0.5 1% 0.7 fps	MRender 1.8 Gravity 0.4 Splatting 1.4 1% 1.2 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 0.87% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 80GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3FD6SD SusWrite @10s intervals: 328 138 18 37 25 26 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	69.8% Good	Read 484 Write 423 Mixed 185 SusWrite 95.1 66% 297 MB/s	4K Read 16.8 4K Write 69.8 4K Mixed 33.1 105% 39.9 MB/s	DQ Read 297 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 133 135% 219 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 88%
Hitachi HUA722020ALA331 2TB 22,636 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1.5TB free Firmware: JKAOA3NH SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 109 110 110 111 110 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	59.8% Above average	Read 98.5 Write 105 Mixed 53.8 SusWrite 110 67% 91.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 68%
Blackpcs 8GB 95 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 3GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 14 14 14 14 14 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	6.52% Terrible	Read 18.8 Write 0.7 Mixed 4.3 SusWrite 13.4 10% 9.3 MB/s	4K Read 3.7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 14% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 6.52% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3 1600 1x8GB 1,440 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	32.4% Below average	MC Read 11.2 MC Write 10.6 MC Mixed 8.9 29% 10.2 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 11 SC Mixed 10.2 30% 10.4 GB/s	Latency 68.5 58% 68.5 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 32.4% Great: 34%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 65%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	83x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	49x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	47x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	33x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	18x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 31%, 37,489 samples	18x

Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $178

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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