Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 35% Sail boat	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	38.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII HERO (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150427
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 07 '18 at 22:25
Run Duration	121 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80% Excellent	Memory 97.3 1-Core 97.8 2-Core 194 77% 130 Pts	4-Core 365 8-Core 366 49% 365 Pts	64-Core 363 22% 363 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 3966) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 375.70 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	38.4% Below average	Lighting 50.6 Reflection 46.7 Parallax 46.8 41% 48 fps	MRender 40 Gravity 43.5 Splatting 37.8 33% 40.4 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 411GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 27 64 69 72 53 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	19.5% Very poor	Read 17.5 Write 76.5 Mixed 31.3 SusWrite 50 32% 43.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.2 61% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 19.5% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 196 203 201 202 198 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	63.7% Good	Read 23.3 Write 87 Mixed 21.8 SusWrite 199 60% 82.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.4 71% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 114%

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 way above expectations (88^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	MC Read 31.5 MC Write 33.9 MC Mixed 29 90% 31.5 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 17.5 SC Mixed 20.8 53% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 49.2 81% 49.2 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 88%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	182x
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 24,592 samples	158x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	101x

Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $657

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	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