Performance Results


Gaming 45% Yacht	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 74.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	53.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	69.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4820K-$110 23,169 User benchmarks, average bench 72% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	Memory 89.1 1-Core 98.5 2-Core 187 73% 125 Pts	4-Core 321 8-Core 503 51% 412 Pts	64-Core 518 32% 518 Pts
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Sapphire(174B E285) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 16.150.2211.0 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	53.9% Above average	Lighting 66.7 Reflection 55.3 Parallax 80.8 54% 67.6 fps	MRender 57.4 Gravity 55.7 Splatting 75.9 53% 63 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 487GB 751 User benchmarks, average bench 125% 4GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	69.1% Good	Read 515 Write 234 Mixed 366 82% 372 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 67.6 4K Mixed 20.5 108% 39.5 MB/s	DQ Read 29.3 DQ Write 73.7 DQ Mixed 18.8 24% 40.6 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 214%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 3TB free Firmware: 0A80 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Read 157 Write 131 Mixed 131 105% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.93 4K Write 2.48 4K Mixed 0.27 115% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 83%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 271GB free Firmware: AB51 Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	36.1% Below average	Read 75.2 Write 50.5 Mixed 59.8 46% 61.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.22 65% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 67%
Lacie XtremKey USB 3.0 64GB-$90 4 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 0GB free, PID 106c Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	45.7% Average	Read 206 Write 63.4 Mixed 52.9 108% 108 MB/s	4K Read 5.26 4K Write 0.22 4K Mixed 0.31 38% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 8x4GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 8 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	75.6% Very good	MC Read 29.1 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 27.6 82% 28.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 13 40% 14.1 GB/s	Latency 68.3 58% 68.3 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 76%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 33%

Sail boat

Desktop 81%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 30%

Sail boat

SSD
SD8SB8U-256G-1006 256GBSandiskBench 74%, 4,064 samples	5x
840 Evo 1TBSamsung $199Bench 105%, 23,857 samples	4x
Raid 0 Volume 487GBIntelBench 125%, 751 samples	4x

RAM
F3 DDR3 2400 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 103%, 56 samples	8x
F3 DDR3 2133 C11 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 71%, 602 samples	6x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x4GBKingstonBench 51%, 858 samples	3x

Value: 38% - Below average

Total price: $450

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