Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	66.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (55%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	72.2% Very good	Memory 84.1 1-Core 105 2-Core 201 75% 130 Pts	4-Core 325 8-Core 567 54% 446 Pts	64-Core 575 36% 575 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 78%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 112 57 49 59 47 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	66.3% Good	Read 425 Write 347 Mixed 100 SusWrite 75.6 52% 237 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 63.6 4K Mixed 35.1 116% 41.1 MB/s	DQ Read 287 DQ Write 89.8 DQ Mixed 103 98% 160 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 66.3% Great: 82%
Seagate ST3320413CS 320GB 2,473 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 142GB free Firmware: CA12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 66 66 73 74 71 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	47.7% Average	Read 97 Write 92.2 Mixed 50.7 SusWrite 68.9 57% 77.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 56%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1333 C9 2x8GB 3,379 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	49.5% Average	MC Read 18 MC Write 18.4 MC Mixed 15.8 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 15.3 SC Mixed 13.7 37% 13 GB/s	Latency 73.2 55% 73.2 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 55%

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	480x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	401x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	368x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	258x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	163x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	153x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	156x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	125x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 27,462 samples	85x

Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $317

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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