Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 81.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Memory 88.3 1-Core 123 2-Core 223 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 401 8-Core 646 64% 524 Pts	64-Core 648 40% 648 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3303) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2027 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 411.63 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 115 Parallax 109 91% 112 fps	MRender 97.7 Gravity 101 Splatting 102 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 791GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 909 491 510 506 501 503 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 81% Great: 133%
Hitachi HUS724040ALE640 4TB 2,097 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2TB free Firmware: MJAOA3B0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 145 145 146 147 147 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Read 146 Write 139 Mixed 74 SusWrite 145 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 169% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 91%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5273DH0-CH9 4x4GB 2,942 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	49.9% Average	MC Read 17 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 15 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 18.4 SC Mixed 16.7 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 69.2 58% 69.2 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 53%

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 35%

Jet ski

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	6x
S3 1T00 1TBSandiskBench 95%, 12,396 samples	6x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	5x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	12x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	7x
BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 4x4GBCrucialBench 57%, 14,299 samples	6x

Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $657

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