Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 25% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 76.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	33.8% 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	56.7% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 (88^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	Memory 88.6 1-Core 106 2-Core 201 76% 132 Pts	4-Core 349 8-Core 510 54% 429 Pts	64-Core 541 34% 541 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 76.5% 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) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	33.8% Below average	Lighting 42.9 Reflection 46.8 Parallax 41.5 35% 43.7 fps	MRender 38.3 Gravity 41.3 Splatting 36.5 32% 38.7 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33.8% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 500GB-$90 17,487 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 89GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 61 47 49 49 50 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	56.7% Above average	Read 416 Write 120 Mixed 88.6 SusWrite 51.8 37% 169 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 51.2 4K Mixed 25.5 100% 34.5 MB/s	DQ Read 231 DQ Write 52 DQ Mixed 82.2 76% 122 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 105%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 673GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 117 118 124 123 122 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	68.2% Good	Read 116 Write 104 Mixed 76.8 SusWrite 121 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 189% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351U6CFR8C-PB Kingston 9905402-668.A00LF HMT351U6CFR8C-PB Kingston 9905402-668.A00LF 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1600, 1333, 1600, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	50.8% Above average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 15.5 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 19 SC Mixed 16.8 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 69 58% 69 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 51%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 39%

Jet ski

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	65x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	44x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	40x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	23x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	20x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 27,462 samples	14x

Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $435

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