Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 above expectations (82^nd percentile)	76.5% Very good	Memory 83.4 1-Core 112 2-Core 211 77% 135 Pts	4-Core 375 8-Core 592 60% 484 Pts	64-Core 591 37% 591 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 80%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate ST3500414CS 500GB 23,667 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 297GB free (System drive) Firmware: CA14 SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 83 81 84 90 90 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	31.7% Below average	Read 31.5 Write 38.2 Mixed 34.5 SusWrite 78.7 34% 45.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 109% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 31.7% Great: 61%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$20 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 288GB free Firmware: CA12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 88 87 85 85 85 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	50.6% Above average	Read 89.8 Write 89 Mixed 46.5 SusWrite 86.3 57% 77.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 139% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HP698650-154-MCN 1311 NT4GC64B88B1NF-DI 8GB 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	29.5% Poor	MC Read 10 MC Write 10 MC Mixed 7.8 26% 9.27 GB/s	SC Read 8.7 SC Write 10.5 SC Mixed 9.8 28% 9.67 GB/s	Latency 74.5 54% 74.5 ns

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 61%

Destroyer

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	23x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	5x
GTX 760Nvidia $209Bench 26%, 161,132 samples	3x

RAM
M378B1G73QH0-CK0 M378B5173QH0-CK0 12GBSamsungBench 43%, 328 samples	6x
HMT41GU6AFR8A-PB Micron 8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 12GBHynixBench 40%, 74 samples	5x
M378B5273CH0-CK0 M378B1G73BH0-CK0 12GBSamsungBench 41%, 49 samples	4x

Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $167

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16