Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	130% 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	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.

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 87 1-Core 130 2-Core 256 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 692 72% 576 Pts	64-Core 694 43% 694 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	62.4% Good	Lighting 77.9 Reflection 87.8 Parallax 77.6 64% 81.1 fps	MRender 78.9 Gravity 75.5 Splatting 68.8 60% 74.4 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Team TM8FP4512G 512GB 1,602 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 293GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM12.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 572 507 533 511 503 500 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 586 Write 625 Mixed 588 SusWrite 521 131% 580 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 49.2 173% 65.5 MB/s	DQ Read 771 DQ Write 161 DQ Mixed 294 260% 408 MB/s
Poor: 134% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 286%
Corsair Force NVMe PCIe M.2 960GB 32,020 User benchmarks, average bench 230% 142GB free Firmware: ECFM22.5 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 702 790 757 765 754 694 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	206% Outstanding	Read 897 Write 1,003 Mixed 1,056 SusWrite 744 209% 925 MB/s	4K Read 47.6 4K Write 159 4K Mixed 79.1 258% 95.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,101 DQ Write 863 DQ Mixed 997 742% 987 MB/s
Poor: 150% ↑ This bench: 206% Great: 298%
Apricorn SATAWire 240GB 41 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 108GB free, PID 0040 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 43 43 43 43 43 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Read 41.5 Write 39.7 Mixed 33.6 SusWrite 42.8 54% 39.4 MB/s	4K Read 8 4K Write 19.8 4K Mixed 14.6 1,200% 14.1 MB/s	DQ Read 13.2 DQ Write 20.2 DQ Mixed 15.3 1,256% 16.2 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 79%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GB 3,923 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	49.5% Average	MC Read 18 MC Write 17.5 MC Mixed 14.9 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 15.6 45% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 70.5 57% 70.5 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 66%

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 36%

Jet ski

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	168x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	142x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	116x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	65x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	60x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	26x

Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

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