Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 82.3%, 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.

PC Performing way above expectations (86^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 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 120 2-Core 225 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 387 8-Core 606 61% 496 Pts	64-Core 601 37% 601 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 80%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 104 142 180 161 146 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 183 Mixed 65.8 SusWrite 147 102% 141 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 2.8 468% 3.1 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 112%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 8TB 16,705 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 3.5TB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 154 150 151 152 155 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Read 141 Write 150 Mixed 104 SusWrite 152 101% 137 MB/s	4K Read 7.1 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 0.7 466% 4.27 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 92%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B1G73QH0-YK0 1x8GB 40,451 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	33.1% Below average	MC Read 11.2 MC Write 10.7 MC Mixed 9.1 30% 10.3 GB/s	SC Read 9.6 SC Write 11.6 SC Mixed 10.3 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 32%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 15%

Surfboard

Desktop 73%

Battleship

Workstation 14%

Tree trunk

SSD
RBU-SC100S37128GD 128GBKingstonBench 58%, 1,846 samples	39x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	29x
RBU-SC100S37256GD 256GBKingstonBench 63%, 982 samples	23x

RAM
M471B1G73DB0-YK0 2x8GBSamsungBench 53%, 30,591 samples	158x
M471B1G73DB0-YK0 1x8GBSamsungBench 28%, 44,908 samples	157x
M471B1G73EB0-YK0 2x8GBSamsungBench 52%, 10,651 samples	67x

Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $255

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16