Performance Results


Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 79%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	80.4% 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	46.9% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (55^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 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	79% Very good	Memory 89.5 1-Core 108 2-Core 212 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 370 8-Core 572 58% 471 Pts	64-Core 574 36% 574 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 80%

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: 516.94 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.4% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 114 Parallax 100 82% 105 fps	MRender 99 Gravity 98.3 Splatting 88 77% 95.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Elotec V505 120GB 32 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0822A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 109 55 45 55 55 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	46.9% Average	Read 501 Write 448 Mixed 369 SusWrite 82.2 78% 350 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 26.1 4K Mixed 3.8 60% 19.2 MB/s	DQ Read 198 DQ Write 38.3 DQ Mixed 0.7 31% 78.8 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 94%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 356GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 116 118 119 119 120 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Read 170 Write 138 Mixed 73.8 SusWrite 118 91% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 114%
Seagate Surveillance 2TB 729 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 980GB free Firmware: CV01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 106 109 111 109 111 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	60% Good	Read 100 Write 102 Mixed 58.9 SusWrite 109 68% 92.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 137% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 21,220 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	57.7% Above average	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 16.9 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 20.8 SC Mixed 20.1 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 62%

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	88x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	86x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	84x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	38x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	35x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	34x

RAM
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	39x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	34x
Value DDR3 1600 C11 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 53%, 5,391 samples	25x

Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $248

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