Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 76.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.25% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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 (74%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 above expectations (82^nd percentile)	76.5% Very good	Memory 81.5 1-Core 112 2-Core 226 78% 140 Pts	4-Core 385 8-Core 602 61% 494 Pts	64-Core 600 37% 600 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 365B) 2GB CLim: 700 MHz, MLim: 400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 353.54 Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	3.25% Terrible	Lighting 3.8 Reflection 5.9 Parallax 1.3 3% 3.67 fps	MRender 5.7 Gravity 4.5 Splatting 3.3 4% 4.5 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.25% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate ST3160318AS 160GB-$43 15,932 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 66GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC68 SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 64 38 50 63 60 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	41% Average	Read 88.2 Write 87.9 Mixed 60.4 SusWrite 54.2 54% 72.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 164% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 41% Great: 58%
Samsung HM160HI 160GB-$50 4,054 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 117GB free Firmware: 0-10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 62 63 63 62 63 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	34% Below average	Read 56.2 Write 43.1 Mixed 33 SusWrite 62.1 36% 48.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 128% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 34% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5173EB0-YK0 Hynix HMT41GU6BFR8A-PB 12GB 370 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	55.3% Above average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 20.4 MC Mixed 16.2 54% 19 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 17.7 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 77.8 51% 77.8 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 56%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 66%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	1x

GPU
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	1x

SSD
SU650 120GBAdata $14Bench 63%, 42,288 samples	1x

RAM
HMT451U6BFR8A-PB Samsung M378B1G73EB0-YK0 12GBHynixBench 41%, 618 samples	1x

Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $149

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $42	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