Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 80.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	67.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	73.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790S-$60 13,224 User benchmarks, average bench 72% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Memory 93.1 1-Core 107 2-Core 204 78% 135 Pts	4-Core 365 8-Core 547 57% 456 Pts	64-Core 544 34% 544 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1580 MHz, MLim: 1852 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	67.9% Good	Lighting 86.6 Reflection 88 Parallax 85.3 71% 86.6 fps	MRender 82.8 Gravity 79.1 Splatting 70.5 63% 77.5 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Galax TA1D0240A 240GB 2,348 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 277 144 72 61 61 35 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	73.1% Very good	Read 482 Write 302 Mixed 330 SusWrite 108 68% 306 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 87.8 4K Mixed 33.3 139% 51.3 MB/s	DQ Read 208 DQ Write 21 DQ Mixed 40 48% 89.8 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 89%
Klevv NEO N500 120GB 336 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 39GB free Firmware: R1001C0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 403 39 62 57 47 49 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	59.9% Above average	Read 497 Write 440 Mixed 45 SusWrite 110 60% 273 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 31.1 4K Mixed 26.3 98% 29.6 MB/s	DQ Read 124 DQ Write 25 DQ Mixed 5.7 22% 51.7 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 60%
SSD 120GB 22,748 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 17GB free Firmware: S8FM04.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 83 24 29 203 375 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	47.5% Average	Read 416 Write 22.7 Mixed 36.7 SusWrite 122 32% 149 MB/s	4K Read 19.1 4K Write 26.9 4K Mixed 12.8 60% 19.6 MB/s	DQ Read 142 DQ Write 113 DQ Mixed 13 41% 89.2 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 94%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 8KTF51264AZ-1G6E1 2x4GB 2,197 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	56.6% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 20.1 MC Mixed 16.7 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 19.6 SC Mixed 17.6 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 59%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 35%

Sail boat

Desktop 73%

Battleship

Workstation 27%

Raft

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	14x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	10x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	8x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	9x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 27,462 samples	7x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	6x

Value: 53% - Above average

Total price: $624

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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