Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	7.25% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	82% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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 (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	69.4% Good	Memory 71.5 1-Core 112 2-Core 226 75% 137 Pts	4-Core 362 8-Core 568 57% 465 Pts	64-Core 594 37% 594 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 7850) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.14.4264 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Nvidia GeForce GT 640 34,519 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Palit(1569 0FC1) 2GB CLim: 901 MHz, MLim: 445 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	7.25% Terrible	Lighting 8.3 Reflection 7.46 Parallax 9.16 7% 8.31 fps	MRender 8.76 Gravity 10.2 Splatting 10.7 8% 9.88 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.25% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD370S 128GB-$70 10,510 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: O1225G SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 170 160 160 162 148 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Read 469 Write 198 Mixed 249 SusWrite 164 60% 270 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 63.3 4K Mixed 43.4 136% 45.8 MB/s	DQ Read 272 DQ Write 200 DQ Mixed 93.7 108% 188 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 90%
Adata SP900 64GB 416 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 18GB free Firmware: 5.6.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 71 72 74 66 68 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	55.6% Above average	Read 307 Write 81 Mixed 121 SusWrite 70 32% 145 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 76.2 4K Mixed 25.5 118% 43.8 MB/s	DQ Read 90.7 DQ Write 71.8 DQ Mixed 76.6 59% 79.7 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 62%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 189 189 191 191 190 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	98.5% Outstanding	Read 154 Write 118 Mixed 71.2 SusWrite 190 97% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B1G73DB0-CK0 1x8GB 12,268 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	27.8% Poor	MC Read 10 MC Write 9.8 MC Mixed 8.6 27% 9.47 GB/s	SC Read 7.6 SC Write 7.1 SC Mixed 7.1 21% 7.27 GB/s	Latency 98 41% 98 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 27.8% Great: 34%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 34%

Sail boat

Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 27%

Raft

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	48x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	25x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	21x

Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $500

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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