Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	92.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	108% 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	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 (81^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 (100^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 89.8 1-Core 120 2-Core 233 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 600 65% 518 Pts	64-Core 599 37% 599 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36DD) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1607 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 122 Parallax 109 97% 117 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 107 Splatting 100 84% 103 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron M600 M.2 2280 256GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 207GB free (System drive) Firmware: DL01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 443 457 450 424 420 421 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 423 Write 421 Mixed 346 SusWrite 436 92% 407 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 46.1 157% 59.3 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 255 220% 325 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 108%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 146 144 147 146 146 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Read 143 Write 133 Mixed 105 SusWrite 145 97% 132 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 221% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 85%
PNY USB 2.0 FD 64GB 321 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 29GB free, PID 00c4 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.2 4.8 4.8 4.4 4 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	3.99% Terrible	Read 11.3 Write 8.7 Mixed 2.7 SusWrite 4.6 8% 6.83 MB/s	4K Read 5.7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 21% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.99% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 18,444 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	52.8% Above average	MC Read 18.4 MC Write 18.7 MC Mixed 16 51% 17.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 18.8 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 67.5 59% 67.5 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 71%

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	200x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	194x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	160x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	70x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	68x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	65x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	107x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	64x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 27,462 samples	43x

Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $277

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16