Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	88.8% 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	62% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing below expectations (39^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 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	73.2% Very good	Memory 82.8 1-Core 110 2-Core 210 76% 134 Pts	4-Core 349 8-Core 467 52% 408 Pts	64-Core 541 34% 541 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	88.8% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 123 Parallax 104 91% 113 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 116 Splatting 98 85% 105 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: 605ABBF2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 110 113 109 109 100 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	62% Good	Read 274 Write 138 Mixed 172 SusWrite 104 38% 172 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 84 4K Mixed 31.8 128% 47.9 MB/s	DQ Read 117 DQ Write 143 DQ Mixed 121 94% 127 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 73%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 268GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 338 296 421 405 402 415 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 425 Write 418 Mixed 367 SusWrite 380 90% 397 MB/s	4K Read 37.7 4K Write 95.8 4K Mixed 51.2 174% 61.6 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 348 263% 352 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 134%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 3.5TB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 117 137 107 142 84 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Read 174 Write 147 Mixed 81.7 SusWrite 115 95% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C9D3/4GX KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C9D3/4GX 16GB 604 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	49.7% Average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 19.4 MC Mixed 15.2 49% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 12 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 15 40% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 75.5 53% 75.5 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 66%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

Jet ski

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	30x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	24x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	21x

Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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