Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 50.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Boot Drive	78.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Very high background CPU (50%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 2.45 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	50.3% Above average	Memory 67.2 1-Core 27.8 2-Core 69.9 37% 55 Pts	4-Core 179 8-Core 587 42% 383 Pts	64-Core 603 37% 603 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 80%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SD7UB3Q256G1001 256GB 734 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 129GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2160501 SusWrite @10s intervals: 351 341 354 342 357 345 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Read 416 Write 376 Mixed 229 SusWrite 348 77% 342 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 50.3 4K Mixed 26.8 100% 34.2 MB/s	DQ Read 159 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 67.8 94% 168 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 98%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 31GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 144 142 146 147 144 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Read 142 Write 146 Mixed 57.7 SusWrite 144 89% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.7 126% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown FLGG45F-D8KLB 1337 FLGG45F-D8KJB 16GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	50.6% Above average	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 16.4 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 8.5 SC Write 6.4 SC Mixed 7.7 22% 7.53 GB/s	Latency 108 37% 108 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 58%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 18%

Surfboard

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	47x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	41x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	39x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	45x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	26x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	20x

Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $281

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16