Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	62.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	66.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

PC Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Memory 94.3 1-Core 127 2-Core 253 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 494 8-Core 661 73% 577 Pts	64-Core 668 41% 668 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AE) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2278 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.8% Good	Lighting 79.5 Reflection 79.2 Parallax 77.2 65% 78.6 fps	MRender 76.3 Gravity 69.9 Splatting 70.7 59% 72.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS900 120GB-$25 42,924 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS900612 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 241 89 59 58 58 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	66.1% Good	Read 313 Write 233 Mixed 239 SusWrite 107 50% 223 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 91.9 4K Mixed 26.7 125% 48.8 MB/s	DQ Read 173 DQ Write 263 DQ Mixed 161 138% 199 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 440GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 125 125 124 124 124 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	70% Very good	Read 121 Write 121 Mixed 66.9 SusWrite 123 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 1 156% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 88%
SanDisk Cruzer Edge 8GB 5,792 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 4GB free, PID 556b Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.9 4.1 4 3.9 4 3.9 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	13% Very poor	Read 36.8 Write 8.5 Mixed 7 SusWrite 4.1 14% 14.1 MB/s	4K Read 4.1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 2.3 158% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 13% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 43,127 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	62.4% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 19 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 21 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 59 68% 59 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 63%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 39%

Jet ski

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	166x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	147x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	85x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	76x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	44x
Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCrucialBench 56%, 44,086 samples	35x

Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $444

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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