Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds)
Memory	3.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	4 Days
Run Date	Sep 17 '18 at 20:24
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	PRI-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Memory 94.8 1-Core 113 2-Core 230 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 410 8-Core 441 56% 426 Pts	64-Core 473 29% 473 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 480GB-$31 13,149 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 100GB free Firmware: CS131132 SusWrite @10s intervals: 407 221 377 374 378 380 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 441 Mixed 374 SusWrite 356 93% 416 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 41.1 153% 57.9 MB/s	DQ Read 350 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 198 189% 296 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 101%
Seagate ST380815AS 80GB-$48 16,844 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.ADA SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 38 39 29 33 37 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	21% Poor	Read 39 Write 36.8 Mixed 29.2 SusWrite 34.1 26% 34.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 108% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 21% Great: 42%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 231GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 104 101 102 104 103 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	57.1% Above average	Read 96 Write 97.8 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 103 66% 90.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 1,524 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	60.4% Good	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 18.8 59% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 21.3 SC Mixed 19.9 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 57.6 69% 57.6 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 64%

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

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	317x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	113x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	108x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	96x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	61x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	41x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	99x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	66x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	63x

Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $810

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