Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 76.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	66.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	69.3% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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.

Very high background CPU (71%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 19 '18 at 15:13
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	71%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690S-$141 2,142 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	Memory 91.9 1-Core 105 2-Core 204 78% 134 Pts	4-Core 355 8-Core 350 47% 352 Pts	64-Core 400 25% 400 Pts
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	66.8% Good	Lighting 84.2 Reflection 90.1 Parallax 80.3 69% 84.8 fps	MRender 84.5 Gravity 78.1 Splatting 71.6 63% 78 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 250GB-$134 26,364 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 254 377 232 169 208 245 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	69.3% Good	Read 411 Write 410 Mixed 298 SusWrite 247 77% 342 MB/s	4K Read 19.6 4K Write 36.5 4K Mixed 22.6 78% 26.2 MB/s	DQ Read 322 DQ Write 292 DQ Mixed 45.2 106% 220 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 113%
Seagate IronWolf 1TB (2016)-$57 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 931GB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 157 149 117 134 149 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Read 168 Write 172 Mixed 45.2 SusWrite 141 95% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 106% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT102464BA160B.M16 2x8GB 2,915 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.4% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 18.8 61% 21.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 18.9 SC Mixed 20 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 64.3 62% 64.3 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 61%

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 36%

Jet ski

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	136x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	99x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	97x

Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $817

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