Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	71.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	73.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H-BK
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD3H-BK-CF (all builds)
Memory	1.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140617
Uptime	2.9 Days
Run Date	Mar 16 '21 at 14:31
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.7% Very good	Memory 94.4 1-Core 95.1 2-Core 183 74% 124 Pts	4-Core 359 8-Core 328 47% 344 Pts	64-Core 352 22% 352 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3230) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	71.4% Very good	Lighting 88.1 Reflection 104 Parallax 92.2 72% 94.8 fps	MRender 92 Gravity 88.3 Splatting 81.2 71% 87.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Burst 240GB 26,886 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM91.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 21 15 66 46 17 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	73.2% Very good	Read 377 Write 290 Mixed 303 SusWrite 58.4 57% 257 MB/s	4K Read 35.4 4K Write 84.7 4K Mixed 38.1 147% 52.7 MB/s	DQ Read 319 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 17.6 64% 148 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 94%
Intel Raid 5 Volume 8TB 382 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 23GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 16 17 22 16 14 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	6.9% Terrible	Read 7 Write 16 Mixed 23.2 SusWrite 16.8 12% 15.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.5 88% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 6.9% Great: 168%
Seagate Expansion Desk 3TB 13,194 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 260GB free Firmware: 9401 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 105 110 111 106 111 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	63.5% Good	Read 112 Write 93.3 Mixed 70 SusWrite 109 71% 96.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GB-$35 38,490 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	61.5% Good	MC Read 23 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 19.8 62% 21.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 17.4 SC Mixed 18.4 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 58.7 68% 58.7 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 67%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	75x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	53x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	46x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	36x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	15x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 63%, 12,722 samples	14x

Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $642

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16