Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 79.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	35.3% 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)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

PC Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	Memory 89.5 1-Core 114 2-Core 223 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 376 8-Core 580 59% 478 Pts	64-Core 572 35% 572 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 2968) 2GB CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	35.3% Below average	Lighting 45.3 Reflection 39.2 Parallax 38.5 37% 41 fps	MRender 40.4 Gravity 41.6 Splatting 36.6 32% 39.5 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 457GB free (System drive) Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 106 97 115 119 113 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	61.9% Good	Read 111 Write 128 Mixed 78 SusWrite 104 78% 105 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.5 144% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 345GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 78 80 80 80 80 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	57.4% Above average	Read 121 Write 119 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 79.3 70% 95.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 170% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8GX 0420 12GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	39.8% Below average	MC Read 13.5 MC Write 13.7 MC Mixed 11.8 37% 13 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 14.5 SC Mixed 12.8 36% 12.7 GB/s	Latency 67.9 59% 67.9 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 51%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 9%

Tree trunk

Desktop 66%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	133x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	74x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	57x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	27x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	25x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	25x

RAM
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	89x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	23x
Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCrucialBench 56%, 44,086 samples	23x

Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $325

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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