Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 80.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	36.2% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

PC Performing as expected (45^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 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Memory 91.6 1-Core 90 2-Core 210 75% 131 Pts	4-Core 373 8-Core 546 57% 459 Pts	64-Core 553 34% 553 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 80%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 181GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 167 87 38 127 32 MB/s Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	36.2% Below average	Read 148 Write 120 Mixed 154 SusWrite 102 30% 131 MB/s	4K Read 19.6 4K Write 38.4 4K Mixed 17.9 73% 25.3 MB/s	DQ Read 41.1 DQ Write 42.1 DQ Mixed 38.4 30% 40.5 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 36.2% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 744GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 122 124 124 124 125 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	68.2% Good	Read 115 Write 112 Mixed 60.7 SusWrite 123 75% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 16,567 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	57.2% Above average	MC Read 20 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 17.7 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 17.6 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 62%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 65%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	79x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	54x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	43x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	39x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 31%, 37,489 samples	24x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 27,462 samples	17x

Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $178

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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