Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, SSD, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Graphics	35% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

8 years ago, 8 years ago.

PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 115 2-Core 231 78% 173 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 641 63% 517 Pts	64-Core 633 39% 633 Pts
Poor: 58% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 8520) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5850 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	35% Below average	Lighting 45.3 Reflection 44.7 Parallax 39.4 37% 43.1 fps	MRender 40.9 Gravity 39.6 Splatting 35.6 31% 38.7 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD DW CDW02ZEXR0-D 2TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: 080. Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	84% Excellent	Read 190 Write 103 Mixed 110 100% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.22 76% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 84%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 2TB 7,767 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 785GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Read 181 Write 106 Mixed 155 111% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.51 123% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 123%

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 39%

Jet ski

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	92x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	46x
Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCrucialBench 56%, 44,086 samples	35x

Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $567

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