Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 78% Battleship


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 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 76.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	122% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	103% 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.

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 i7-4790K-$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 below expectations (33^rd percentile)	76.6% Very good	Memory 84 1-Core 118 2-Core 210 78% 137 Pts	4-Core 374 8-Core 582 59% 478 Pts	64-Core 607 38% 607 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3751) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2862 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 436.48 Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	122% Outstanding	Lighting 167 Reflection 185 Parallax 187 136% 180 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 167 Splatting 119 109% 135 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 133%
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 7846) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.5063 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 500GB 97,462 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 341GB free (System drive) Firmware: 401000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 397 409 412 416 421 411 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 471 Write 432 Mixed 364 SusWrite 411 94% 420 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 71.5 4K Mixed 43 144% 49.3 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 252 DQ Mixed 192 176% 273 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 111%
Sandisk S128G 126GB 21,984 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 101GB free Firmware: 3.2.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 294 274 308 307 303 318 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	50.1% Above average	Read 411 Write 212 Mixed 72.3 SusWrite 301 55% 249 MB/s	4K Read 15 4K Write 16.7 4K Mixed 11.7 47% 14.5 MB/s	DQ Read 32.5 DQ Write 19.1 DQ Mixed 19.9 16% 23.8 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 56%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$27 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 374GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 135 136 133 141 133 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Read 146 Write 144 Mixed 71.8 SusWrite 135 91% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLT8G3D1608DT1TX0. 1315 BLT8G3D1869DT1TX0. 16GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1600, 1867 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.2% Average	MC Read 17 MC Write 18 MC Mixed 15.3 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 15.7 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 73.5 54% 73.5 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 67%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 34%

Sail boat

Desktop 71%

Battleship

Workstation 27%

Raft

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	27x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	23x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	20x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	10x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	10x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	8x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	19x
1600 CL9 Series 2x8GBUnknownBench 55%, 7,092 samples	12x
Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCrucialBench 56%, 44,086 samples	11x

Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $512

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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