Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 76.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	72.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB 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 (49%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	Memory 93.5 1-Core 102 2-Core 160 72% 118 Pts	4-Core 320 8-Core 511 51% 415 Pts	64-Core 550 34% 550 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 84%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vector 180 240GB-$160 1,083 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 273 223 214 233 329 306 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	72.2% Very good	Read 374 Write 357 Mixed 235 SusWrite 263 69% 307 MB/s	4K Read 20.7 4K Write 86.2 4K Mixed 16.7 98% 41.2 MB/s	DQ Read 310 DQ Write 249 DQ Mixed 203 173% 254 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 108%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 105 104 101 102 105 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	63.5% Good	Read 117 Write 122 Mixed 81.5 SusWrite 104 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 182% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 88%
WD WD1500ADFD-00NLR1 150GB 1,859 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 36GB free Firmware: 20.07P20 SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 58 56 55 59 64 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	37.6% Below average	Read 72 Write 80.5 Mixed 41.7 SusWrite 58.5 46% 63.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1.1 199% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 37.6% Great: 47%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 24,592 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	80.4% Excellent	MC Read 29 MC Write 32.2 MC Mixed 27.1 84% 29.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 19 SC Mixed 22.3 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 61.1 66% 61.1 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 88%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 44%

Speed boat

Desktop 80%

Battleship

Workstation 37%

Jet ski

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GBCorsairBench 50%, 20,728 samples	8x
Ripjaws DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 55%, 10,150 samples	7x
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 24,592 samples	7x

Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $637

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