Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 87.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.6% 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	87.1% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (67^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% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Memory 92.7 1-Core 124 2-Core 260 88% 159 Pts	4-Core 440 8-Core 668 69% 554 Pts	64-Core 669 41% 669 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.6% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 114 Parallax 107 84% 108 fps	MRender 98 Gravity 95.1 Splatting 99.6 80% 97.5 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 535 Series 240GB-$200 9,142 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 193GB free (System drive) Firmware: RG21 SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 161 164 161 148 171 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Read 382 Write 252 Mixed 292 SusWrite 167 61% 273 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 42.3 164% 65 MB/s	DQ Read 293 DQ Write 218 DQ Mixed 150 141% 220 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 95%
Asmt 2115 180GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 78GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 170 164 162 163 165 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	54.7% Above average	Read 291 Write 214 Mixed 220 SusWrite 166 50% 223 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 37.9 4K Mixed 24.4 85% 28.2 MB/s	DQ Read 140 DQ Write 154 DQ Mixed 119 97% 137 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 55%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 3TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 169 172 170 173 169 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Read 157 Write 106 Mixed 36.8 SusWrite 170 85% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.4 85% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT51264BA160BJ.C8 4x4GB 161 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	37.9% Below average	MC Read 13.1 MC Write 12.7 MC Mixed 10.1 34% 12 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 13.8 SC Mixed 12.8 37% 13 GB/s	Latency 62.8 64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 62%

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

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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