Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	90.8% 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	100% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	27.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160303
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 18 '19 at 18:18
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	86% Excellent	Memory 94.6 1-Core 122 2-Core 221 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 679 67% 548 Pts	64-Core 679 42% 679 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Zotac(19DA 1451) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	90.8% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 147 Parallax 137 108% 139 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 131 Splatting 0.09 58% 81.3 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 3D SATA M.2 250GB-$55 9,409 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 86GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 202 197 192 154 189 199 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 443 Write 442 Mixed 238 SusWrite 189 73% 328 MB/s	4K Read 38.8 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 50.6 185% 68.5 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 256 DQ Mixed 254 207% 296 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 104%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 287GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 93 95 96 96 96 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	51.4% Above average	Read 84.1 Write 80.9 Mixed 70.6 SusWrite 94.7 61% 82.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.8 158% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 88%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 358GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 77 78 76 79 78 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	49.6% Average	Read 94.9 Write 83.8 Mixed 66.7 SusWrite 77.6 60% 80.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 188% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 6,625 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	61.9% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 18.3 59% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 23.1 SC Mixed 22.1 59% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 58.1 69% 58.1 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 62%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	269x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	126x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	115x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	72x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	53x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	46x

Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

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