Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 68.8%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	64.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	56.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
Intel Core i5-4460-$190 110,882 User benchmarks, average bench 65% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	68.8% Good	SC Int 93.7 SC Float 94.2 SC Mixed 95.9 76% 94.6 Pts	QC Int 353 QC Float 358 QC Mixed 355 80% 355 Pts	MC Int 365 MC Float 352 MC Mixed 361 54% 359 Pts
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$374 433,580 User benchmarks, average bench 63% Gainward(10B0 13C2) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1515 MHz, MLim: 1769 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 417.1 Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	64.3% Good	Lighting 187 Reflection 178 Parallax 214 61% 193 fps	MRender 156 Gravity 183 Splatting 127 67% 155 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 71%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Crucial BX100 250GB-$129 17,788 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 291 152 103 105 125 102 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	56.2% Above average	Read 444 Write 359 Mixed 312 SusWrite 146 70% 315 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 6.7 4K Mixed 36.8 90% 23.1 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 105%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 16,251 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 629GB free Firmware: 9300 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 109 109 114 116 116 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	58.8% Above average	Read 97.6 Write 100 Mixed 83.8 SusWrite 106 72% 97.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 0.6 188% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 66%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$83 41,570 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 185 187 184 186 188 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	Read 148 Write 155 Mixed 30.3 SusWrite 186 94% 130 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 2 368% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 32,731 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	61.8% Good	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 19.7 62% 21.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 21 51% 18 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 63%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 61%

Destroyer

Desktop 54%

Yacht

Workstation 34%

Sail boat

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $45Bench 53%, 176,655 samples	545x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $92Bench 104%, 410,120 samples	488x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $99Bench 112%, 318,788 samples	238x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 32%, 13,764 samples	290x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 56%, 32,731 samples	288x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 43,052 samples	288x

Value: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $523

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $44	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $90	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $128
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $43	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $601	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $95	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12