| PC Status | Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 82.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good. |
| 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 | 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager. |
Very high background CPU (68%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
| Motherboard | Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 (all builds) |
| Memory | 2.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz |
| Display | 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors |
| OS | Windows 7 |
| BIOS Date | 20140611 |
| Uptime | 11.2 Days |
| Run Date | Jul 23 '19 at 20:09 |
| Run Duration | 122 Seconds |
| Run User | USA-User |
| Background CPU | 68% |
PC Performing above expectations (65th percentile)
Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).
| Processor | Bench | Normal | Heavy | Server |
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82.2%
Excellent
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80% 139 Pts
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57% 428 Pts
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27% 435 Pts
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| Graphics Card | Bench | 3D DX9 | 3D DX10 | 3D DX11 |
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Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15
Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.3960
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| Drives | Bench | Sequential | Random 4k | Deep queue 4k |
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Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24
277GB free (System drive)
Firmware: KC45
SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 77 82 80 88 89 MB/s
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52.5%
Above average
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62% 84.1 MB/s
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127% 0.87 MB/s
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Hitachi HDS721616PLA380 160GB-$46
52GB free
Firmware: P22O
SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 58 58 59 59 59 MB/s
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35.8%
Below average
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42% 56.7 MB/s
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141% 1 MB/s
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| Memory Kit | Bench | Multi core | Single core | Latency |
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Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
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58.1%
Above average
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59% 20.7 GB/s
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42% 14.7 GB/s
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61% 65.1 ns
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System Memory Latency Ladder
L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97-HD3 - $102
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| Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples | 616x |
| Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples | 470x |
| Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples | 416x |
| GPU |
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| 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 |
| EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER | Value: 60% - Above average | Total price: $750 |