Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 75.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	53.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	106% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (78^th 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% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	Memory 88 1-Core 109 2-Core 204 77% 134 Pts	4-Core 343 8-Core 490 52% 417 Pts	64-Core 566 35% 566 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	53.6% Above average	Lighting 66.8 Reflection 70 Parallax 62.2 54% 66.3 fps	MRender 73.8 Gravity 63.9 Splatting 56.7 52% 64.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 359 218 212 190 185 172 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 465 Mixed 387 SusWrite 223 88% 392 MB/s	4K Read 43.7 4K Write 97.5 4K Mixed 50.7 183% 64 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 358 269% 359 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 357GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 129 127 128 127 127 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Read 172 Write 170 Mixed 111 SusWrite 127 107% 145 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 226% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
GU512303EP0202 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBSR 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBSR 12GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1333, 1600, 1333, 1600 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	49.9% Average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 17.8 MC Mixed 15.3 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 16.4 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 69.5 58% 69.5 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 50%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 40%

Jet ski

Desktop 80%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 34%

Sail boat

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	31x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	31x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	26x

Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $569

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