Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	3.52% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	84.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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 (100^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Memory 90.3 1-Core 114 2-Core 200 79% 135 Pts	4-Core 431 8-Core 561 63% 496 Pts	64-Core 585 36% 585 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Legend(17AA 3098) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4963 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	3.52% Terrible	Lighting 3.8 Reflection 2.6 Parallax 7.2 3% 4.53 fps	MRender 8.6 Gravity 2.5 Splatting 5.1 4% 5.4 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.52% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HP S650 240GB 488 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 189GB free (System drive) Firmware: U0524A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 425 406 414 400 399 396 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Read 455 Write 393 Mixed 383 SusWrite 407 92% 409 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 99.9 4K Mixed 13.5 111% 46.8 MB/s	DQ Read 116 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 29.7 77% 155 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 103%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$35 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 466GB free Firmware: 19.01H19 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 118 119 119 120 119 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	67.4% Good	Read 116 Write 117 Mixed 72.1 SusWrite 119 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 69%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 32GB 34,316 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 2GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.5 9 3.8 3.9 7.5 8.4 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	12.1% Very poor	Read 28.5 Write 2.2 Mixed 16.4 SusWrite 6.5 15% 13.4 MB/s	4K Read 4.2 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0 77% 2 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 12.1% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT451U6BFR8C-PB 2x4GB 7,217 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	57.5% Above average	MC Read 22 MC Write 20.3 MC Mixed 16.5 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 18.8 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 59%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 65%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

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

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	1x

SSD
S650 240GBHPBench 75%, 488 samples	1x

RAM
HMT451U6BFR8C-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 53%, 7,217 samples	1x

Value: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $150

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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