Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 68.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	49.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	94.2% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (48^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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	68.1% Good	Memory 67.7 1-Core 76.6 2-Core 214 64% 119 Pts	4-Core 373 8-Core 511 56% 442 Pts	64-Core 500 31% 500 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 80%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	3.93% Terrible	Lighting 3.83 Reflection 6.81 Parallax 6.75 3% 5.8 fps	MRender 9.43 Gravity 2.43 Splatting 7.96 6% 6.61 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.93% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 3683) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49.6% Average	Lighting 62.8 Reflection 62.8 Parallax 56.2 51% 60.6 fps	MRender 67.9 Gravity 57.4 Splatting 49.2 47% 58.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 164GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 360 257 255 237 233 233 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Read 419 Write 391 Mixed 337 SusWrite 262 79% 352 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 70.9 4K Mixed 45.1 147% 50.1 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 342 257% 344 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 124%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 150 148 149 148 148 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Read 136 Write 127 Mixed 87.8 SusWrite 148 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 191% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 96%
ADATA USB Flash Drive 64GB 127 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 51GB free, PID dd32 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.7 0.1 0 0 9.2 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	10.2% Very poor	Read 36.5 Write 31.8 Mixed 4.7 SusWrite 5.4 23% 19.6 MB/s	4K Read 3.9 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 1.4 93% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 10.2% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-056.A00LF 99U5471-054.A00LF 16GB 380 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	49.6% Average	MC Read 18.9 MC Write 18.9 MC Mixed 15.5 51% 17.8 GB/s	SC Read 10.9 SC Write 15.9 SC Mixed 15.5 40% 14.1 GB/s	Latency 107 38% 107 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 62%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 9%

Tree trunk

Desktop 60%

Destroyer

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	235x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	143x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	118x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	77x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	51x
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	41x

RAM
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	53x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	38x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	32x

Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $237

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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