Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 25% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 86.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	33.7% 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)
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 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.

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4771-$129 11,180 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Memory 93 1-Core 116 2-Core 231 83% 147 Pts	4-Core 437 8-Core 582 65% 510 Pts	64-Core 587 36% 587 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% MSI(1462 277C) 3GB CLim: 972 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.7.1 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	33.7% Below average	Lighting 43.8 Reflection 31.5 Parallax 54.9 36% 43.4 fps	MRender 29.5 Gravity 40.2 Splatting 38.2 30% 36 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD340 128GB-$88 2,082 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 5GB free (System drive) Firmware: 63 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 324 Write 123 Mixed 149 43% 198 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 80.9 4K Mixed 34.9 123% 46.5 MB/s	DQ Read 215 DQ Write 127 DQ Mixed 90.4 89% 144 MB/s
Poor: 46% Great: 84%
WD Green 750GB (2012) 1,474 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 27GB free Firmware: 1A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 70 70 75 71 67 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	44.6% Average	Read 84.5 Write 80.8 Mixed 85 SusWrite 70.4 60% 80.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 182% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-054.A00LF 0215 CML8GX3M2B1600C11 12GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	59.2% Above average	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 17.1 57% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 20.3 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 62 64% 62 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 59%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 34%

Sail boat

Desktop 73%

Battleship

Workstation 27%

Raft

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	70x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	45x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GBKingstonBench 52%, 19,522 samples	31x

Value: 53% - Above average

Total price: $584

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16