Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 86.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	20.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	46.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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 (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (68^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 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Memory 93.3 1-Core 116 2-Core 224 83% 144 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 599 65% 516 Pts	64-Core 606 38% 606 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 260X-$120 38,521 User benchmarks, average bench 20% MSI(1462 2935) CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	20.7% Poor	Lighting 25.3 Reflection 28.8 Parallax 30.6 21% 28.2 fps	MRender 23.9 Gravity 22.9 Splatting 28.3 21% 25 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 20.7% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: 521ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 77 79 77 79 79 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	46.5% Average	Read 128 Write 94.2 Mixed 119 SusWrite 78.6 24% 105 MB/s	4K Read 20 4K Write 85 4K Mixed 23.1 105% 42.7 MB/s	DQ Read 117 DQ Write 106 DQ Mixed 49.3 54% 90.8 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 462GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 126 127 128 126 127 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	73.8% Very good	Read 130 Write 126 Mixed 68.5 SusWrite 127 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 177% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 811GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 174 173 175 171 176 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	99.5% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 148 Mixed 81.8 SusWrite 173 105% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 156% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5584-005.A00LF 99U5403-160.A00LF 12GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192 MB Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	35% Below average	MC Read 11.9 MC Write 11.4 MC Mixed 9.3 31% 10.9 GB/s	SC Read 11.7 SC Write 12.7 SC Mixed 11.3 34% 11.9 GB/s	Latency 61.5 65% 61.5 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 50%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 56%

Gunboat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 44%

Speed boat

RAM
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	84x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	77x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	74x

Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $597

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