Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 81.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83.1% 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	49.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 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 (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Memory 82.6 1-Core 128 2-Core 245 84% 152 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 648 67% 542 Pts	64-Core 651 40% 651 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.38 Performing below potential (80^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.1% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 115 Parallax 102 88% 108 fps	MRender 93.6 Gravity 98.9 Splatting 82.4 74% 91.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD easystore 240GB 2,807 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: EF430400 SusWrite @10s intervals: 289 96 121 119 117 123 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	49.6% Average	Read 396 Write 367 Mixed 301 SusWrite 144 68% 302 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 30.8 4K Mixed 14.1 68% 22.3 MB/s	DQ Read 111 DQ Write 105 DQ Mixed 34.8 46% 83.5 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 57%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 925GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 174 174 174 171 177 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 182 Mixed 39 SusWrite 175 103% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 146% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 107%
SanDisk Cruzer Snap 32GB 574 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 25GB free, PID 55a5 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.2 4 2.3 4.8 3.7 3.4 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	12.9% Very poor	Read 27 Write 8.3 Mixed 5.5 SusWrite 3.7 12% 11.1 MB/s	4K Read 4.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 3.4 212% 3.5 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 12.9% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5173DB0-CK0 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 1302 PSD38G16002 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	29.8% Poor	MC Read 9.8 MC Write 10 MC Mixed 8.4 27% 9.4 GB/s	SC Read 9 SC Write 10.5 SC Mixed 9.8 28% 9.77 GB/s	Latency 75.9 53% 75.9 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 29.8% Great: 40%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 60%

Gunboat

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	481x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	403x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	370x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	259x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	164x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	153x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	158x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	126x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 27,462 samples	86x

Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $317

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16