Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 81.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	33.4% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

PC Performing above expectations (76^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 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Memory 93.3 1-Core 116 2-Core 229 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 381 8-Core 546 58% 463 Pts	64-Core 564 35% 564 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% PwrHis(1787 5000) 3GB CLim: 960 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 19.5.2 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	33.4% Below average	Lighting 43.1 Reflection 30.8 Parallax 57.3 35% 43.7 fps	MRender 29.1 Gravity 41.8 Splatting 38.1 30% 36.4 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 33.4% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 6GB free (System drive) Firmware: 541ABBF0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 121 Write 168 Mixed 178 35% 156 MB/s	4K Read 14.2 4K Write 88.6 4K Mixed 31.1 108% 44.6 MB/s	DQ Read 97.7 DQ Write 163 DQ Mixed 101 85% 121 MB/s
Poor: 41% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 47GB free Firmware: KC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 103 106 107 106 106 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	50.6% Above average	Read 70.7 Write 72 Mixed 49.8 SusWrite 106 55% 74.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.6 111% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 88%
Samsung S2 Portable 1TB 1,558 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 931GB free, PID 1f08 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 41 41 41 41 41 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	20% Poor	Read 39 Write 20 Mixed 27.3 SusWrite 40 42% 31.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 87% 1 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 20% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 1600 C8 2x4GB 428 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	59.4% Above average	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 17.4 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 19.9 54% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 61.5 65% 61.5 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 64%

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 35%

Jet ski

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	291x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	204x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	156x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	77x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	70x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	63x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	81x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	77x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	38x

Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $750

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