Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


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 79.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	85.2% 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	99% 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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

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 i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Memory 90.5 1-Core 105 2-Core 207 77% 134 Pts	4-Core 368 8-Core 580 58% 474 Pts	64-Core 577 36% 577 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 117 Parallax 110 87% 111 fps	MRender 98.6 Gravity 99.6 Splatting 103 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 302 182 110 103 90 91 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	99% Outstanding	Read 431 Write 424 Mixed 320 SusWrite 146 74% 330 MB/s	4K Read 39.7 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 53.8 183% 64.8 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 223 205% 314 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 703GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 188 189 189 188 190 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 142 Mixed 83.8 SusWrite 187 106% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 112%
General USB Flash Disk 8GB 3,976 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 2GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.2 10 9.9 10 9.2 9.9 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	7.33% Terrible	Read 25.2 Write 6.8 Mixed 3.5 SusWrite 9.7 12% 11.3 MB/s	4K Read 6.6 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 24% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.33% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5773DH0-CK0 M378B5173DB0-CK0 M378B5773DH0-CK0 M378B5173DB0-CK0 12GB 99 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	57.7% Above average	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 16.6 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 19.9 53% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 66.5 60% 66.5 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 59%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 13%

Tree trunk

Desktop 71%

Battleship

Workstation 12%

Tree trunk

GPU
GTX 745 (OEM)Nvidia $60Bench 10%, 26,874 samples	571x
GeForce GT 720NvidiaBench 4%, 15,510 samples	360x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	321x

RAM
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 4x4GBMicronBench 56%, 6,584 samples	350x
HMT451U6BFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 56%, 2,366 samples	194x
M378B5173DB0-CK0 4x4GBSamsungBench 57%, 3,272 samples	147x

Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $275

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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