Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 82.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	4.94% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	113% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (59^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 (99^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Memory 87.9 1-Core 113 2-Core 223 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 415 8-Core 592 63% 503 Pts	64-Core 595 37% 595 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 240 11,020 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Gigabyte(1458 34E2) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.01 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	4.94% Terrible	Lighting 6.63 Reflection 7.15 Parallax 2.75 5% 5.51 fps	MRender 6.81 Gravity 4.6 Splatting 3.87 4% 5.09 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.94% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$44 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 272GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 436 445 436 414 340 346 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 455 Write 423 Mixed 401 SusWrite 403 95% 420 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 52.3 178% 66 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 281 227% 320 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 125%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 216GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.6 1.2 0.1 1.5 0.1 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	25.6% Poor	Read 87.5 Write 39.3 Mixed 49 SusWrite 1.1 33% 44.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 25.6% Great: 59%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$27 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 176GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 131 126 122 105 113 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Read 169 Write 125 Mixed 33 SusWrite 120 81% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.6 111% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 2,600 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	51.5% Above average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 15.8 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 17.1 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 69.7 57% 69.7 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 74%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

Jet ski

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	292x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	205x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	157x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	77x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	70x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	63x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	81x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	78x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	38x

Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $750

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16