Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 83.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	3.41% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	103% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

PC Performing above expectations (79^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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Memory 93.4 1-Core 113 2-Core 212 81% 140 Pts	4-Core 401 8-Core 585 62% 493 Pts	64-Core 586 36% 586 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	3.41% Terrible	Lighting 3.8 Reflection 2.6 Parallax 7.2 3% 4.53 fps	MRender 7.2 Gravity 2.5 Splatting 5.1 4% 4.93 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.41% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Vi550 S3 SSD 256GB 1,488 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 208GB free (System drive) Firmware: V1.3.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 429 421 410 408 414 415 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 435 Write 433 Mixed 383 SusWrite 416 94% 417 MB/s	4K Read 38.6 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 37.5 165% 62 MB/s	DQ Read 171 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 248 185% 241 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 103%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 32GB 1,865 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 29GB free, PID 6544 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.9 5.4 5.3 5.9 4.6 4.6 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	7.05% Terrible	Read 32.2 Write 8.2 Mixed 13.7 SusWrite 5.6 16% 14.9 MB/s	4K Read 4.9 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.2 25% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.05% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2133 CL11 Series 1x8GB 52 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	34% Below average	MC Read 11.3 MC Write 11 MC Mixed 9.3 30% 10.5 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 11.7 SC Mixed 10.7 32% 11.2 GB/s	Latency 61.1 66% 61.1 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 34% Great: 38%

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	266x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	208x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	169x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	98x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	82x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	80x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	100x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	56x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 31%, 37,489 samples	55x

Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $345

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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