Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 80.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	112% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Memory 87.8 1-Core 106 2-Core 243 81% 146 Pts	4-Core 393 8-Core 560 60% 476 Pts	64-Core 590 36% 590 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 113 Parallax 96.5 88% 106 fps	MRender 97.4 Gravity 101 Splatting 102 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 253 256 265 266 258 236 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 469 Write 449 Mixed 356 SusWrite 256 86% 383 MB/s	4K Read 41.8 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 59.2 197% 70.2 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 349 264% 354 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 124%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$24 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 466GB free Firmware: SC13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 103 108 110 110 108 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	58.4% Above average	Read 99.5 Write 98.5 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 104 65% 88.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 147% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 60%
Seagate ST3500830AS 500GB-$145 6,517 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 466GB free Firmware: 3.AAD SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 60 78 78 78 78 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	43.8% Average	Read 78.2 Write 48.5 Mixed 47.8 SusWrite 74.1 46% 62.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT51264BD160BJ.M8F 1315 CT51264BD160BJ.M8F Hynix HMT351U7BFR8C-H9 Hynix HMT351U7BFR8C-H9 16GB 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	48.9% Average	MC Read 17 MC Write 17.7 MC Mixed 15 47% 16.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.1 SC Write 17 SC Mixed 15.9 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 69.7 57% 69.7 ns

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 38%

Jet ski

Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 30%

Sail boat

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	159x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	117x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	92x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	147x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	65x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	62x

Value: 53% - Above average

Total price: $353

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	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