Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	3.35% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	52.9% 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	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Memory 93.4 1-Core 128 2-Core 261 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 486 8-Core 665 73% 576 Pts	64-Core 664 41% 664 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro K600 8,087 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Nvidia(10DE 094B) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 340.52 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	3.35% Terrible	Lighting 3.9 Reflection 5.4 Parallax 4.5 3% 4.6 fps	MRender 5 Gravity 3.9 Splatting 4.6 4% 4.5 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.35% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: 583ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 89 76 76 76 82 MB/s Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	52.9% Above average	Read 233 Write 125 Mixed 161 SusWrite 80.2 33% 150 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 25.1 122% 51.2 MB/s	DQ Read 15 DQ Write 85.7 DQ Mixed 33.3 31% 44.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 75%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 417GB free Firmware: 20.01H20 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 114 117 113 114 114 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	61.8% Good	Read 102 Write 98.3 Mixed 66.1 SusWrite 114 70% 95 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	60% Above average	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 21.4 MC Mixed 17.1 58% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 20.7 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 61.3 65% 61.3 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 97%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 18%

Surfboard

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	57x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	51x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	38x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	18x
Green 240GB (2018)WD $42Bench 45%, 156,194 samples	18x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	15x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	25x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 31%, 37,489 samples	20x
CT102464BA160B.C16 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 11,058 samples	17x

Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $461

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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