Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.32% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	74.8% Very good	Memory 87 1-Core 103 2-Core 193 74% 128 Pts	4-Core 338 8-Core 517 53% 428 Pts	64-Core 519 32% 519 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Elitegroup(1019 7E44) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.5171 Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	3.32% Terrible	Lighting 3.6 Reflection 2.5 Parallax 6.2 3% 4.1 fps	MRender 8 Gravity 2.3 Splatting 4.9 4% 5.07 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.32% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Gamer L TA1D0120A 120GB 861 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.3 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 454 Write 335 Mixed 315 82% 368 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 73.8 4K Mixed 5.8 97% 37.7 MB/s	DQ Read 251 DQ Write 21 DQ Mixed 67.6 67% 113 MB/s
Poor: 38% Great: 87%
PNY 240GB SATA SSD 240GB 495 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 139GB free Firmware: U1124A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 413 408 410 412 419 416 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	Read 442 Write 405 Mixed 396 SusWrite 413 93% 414 MB/s	4K Read 37.1 4K Write 84.1 4K Mixed 28.7 138% 50 MB/s	DQ Read 181 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 47.9 94% 184 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 492GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 184 184 184 186 183 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 164 Mixed 68.1 SusWrite 183 110% 151 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 153% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT351U6CFR8C-PB HMT351U6EFR8C-PB 8GB 1,212 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.4% Above average	MC Read 19 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 15.1 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 16.4 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 70.5 57% 70.5 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 61%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 64%

Destroyer

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	177x
HD 4400 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 64,721 samples	135x
HD Graphics (G4 Pentium/Celeron 1.05/1.15 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 43,454 samples	120x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	55x
SSD 120GBLonglineBench 65%, 271 samples	25x
SU650 120GBAdata $14Bench 63%, 42,288 samples	24x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 31%, 37,489 samples	25x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	20x
1x4GBUnknownBench 28%, 154,807 samples	20x

Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $178

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16