Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	91.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	83% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	Memory 90.1 1-Core 130 2-Core 261 89% 161 Pts	4-Core 504 8-Core 660 74% 582 Pts	64-Core 662 41% 662 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 8591) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.85 Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	91.4% Outstanding	Lighting 111 Reflection 121 Parallax 93.9 91% 109 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 126 Splatting 106 93% 114 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk X400 512GB-$99 7,913 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 405GB free (System drive) Firmware: X4120000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 289 274 265 257 264 265 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Read 464 Write 403 Mixed 246 SusWrite 269 77% 346 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 53.3 4K Mixed 31.9 111% 37.6 MB/s	DQ Read 345 DQ Write 270 DQ Mixed 203 180% 272 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 104%
Crucial MX200 250GB-$134 26,364 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 161GB free Firmware: MU03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 462 451 409 304 308 307 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 464 Write 462 Mixed 373 SusWrite 374 94% 418 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 90.6 4K Mixed 43.1 150% 54.8 MB/s	DQ Read 355 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 250 214% 314 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 113%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$90 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 196 200 201 201 201 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 151 Mixed 27.8 SusWrite 200 101% 140 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.9 353% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 99[1/6/3]996(F) 1314 99[1/6/3]996(F) 1314 99[2/7/4]164(S/Y) 1314 99[2/7/4]164(S/Y) 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	51.5% Above average	MC Read 18 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 15.4 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 19.6 SC Mixed 17.6 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 67.1 60% 67.1 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 52%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	141x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	55x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	53x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	49x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	31x
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 24,592 samples	28x

Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $688

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16