Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.61% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	84.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770S-$102 13,157 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	72.6% Very good	Memory 82.5 1-Core 110 2-Core 216 77% 136 Pts	4-Core 352 8-Core 427 50% 389 Pts	64-Core 375 23% 375 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	3.61% Terrible	Lighting 4.07 Reflection 5.46 Parallax 4.97 3% 4.83 fps	MRender 7.29 Gravity 1.83 Splatting 6 4% 5.04 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.61% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD340 256GB-$194 1,962 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 115GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVN423b SusWrite @10s intervals: 263 286 294 269 300 285 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Read 394 Write 303 Mixed 252 SusWrite 283 69% 308 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 87.1 4K Mixed 36.9 130% 49.4 MB/s	DQ Read 180 DQ Write 302 DQ Mixed 107 119% 196 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 98%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 207GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 172 174 175 174 175 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	Read 161 Write 138 Mixed 81 SusWrite 174 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 103GB free Firmware: CC24 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 95 98 98 98 97 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	56.8% Above average	Read 101 Write 72.5 Mixed 65 SusWrite 97 62% 83.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.6 117% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 260 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.7% Above average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 17.5 MC Mixed 15.3 50% 17.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 16.7 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 76.1 52% 76.1 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 60%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 60%

Gunboat

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	326x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	200x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	175x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	53x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	37x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	31x

Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $343

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