Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 44% Speed boat	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 58.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	3.36% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.

Very high background CPU (51%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	58.9% Above average	Memory 82 1-Core 27.6 2-Core 39.7 38% 49.8 Pts	4-Core 208 8-Core 221 28% 214 Pts	64-Core 302 19% 302 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 78%

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 as expected (53^rd percentile)	3.36% Terrible	Lighting 3.47 Reflection 5.35 Parallax 5.84 3% 4.89 fps	MRender 7.33 Gravity 2.17 Splatting 6.35 4% 5.28 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.36% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 120GB-$79 15,015 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 4GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC22 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 369 Write 122 Mixed 160 47% 217 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 74.4 4K Mixed 27.2 106% 40.9 MB/s	DQ Read 184 DQ Write 136 DQ Mixed 127 104% 149 MB/s
Poor: 51% Great: 79%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 123GB free Firmware: 1AA01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 87 86 89 86 86 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	44.5% Average	Read 68 Write 62.7 Mixed 55.7 SusWrite 86.6 50% 68.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.1 196% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 62%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 210GB free Firmware: 1AA01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 79 79 80 80 80 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	46.9% Average	Read 83.7 Write 81 Mixed 50 SusWrite 79.4 54% 73.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1.1 190% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 62%
Generic USB SD Reader 32GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 19GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 13 12 14 13 14 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	12.5% Very poor	Read 15 Write 12.2 Mixed 14.5 SusWrite 13 18% 13.7 MB/s	4K Read 7.1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 2.6 179% 3.87 MB/s
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 12.5% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 23,732 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	40.4% Average	MC Read 16.1 MC Write 15.1 MC Mixed 11.9 41% 14.4 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 6.1 SC Mixed 8.8 25% 8.7 GB/s	Latency 77 52% 77 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 61%

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	266x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	209x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	170x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	99x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	82x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	80x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	102x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	56x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 31%, 37,489 samples	55x

Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $345

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16