Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 76.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	2.28% 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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	Memory 82.4 1-Core 113 2-Core 220 78% 138 Pts	4-Core 377 8-Core 572 59% 475 Pts	64-Core 586 36% 586 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 625 1,691 User benchmarks, average bench 2% MSI(1462 B590) 1GB CLim: 873 MHz, MLim: 412 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	2.28% Terrible	Lighting 2.77 Reflection 3.15 Parallax 2.03 2% 2.65 fps	MRender 3.48 Gravity 2.57 Splatting 2.65 2% 2.9 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.28% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$54 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 236GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 5,088 Write 4,465 Mixed 4,749 1,064% 4,768 MB/s	4K Read 448 4K Write 386 4K Mixed 406 1,404% 413 MB/s	DQ Read 947 DQ Write 820 DQ Mixed 880 661% 883 MB/s
Poor: 78% Great: 125%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 347GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 194 196 197 196 197 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 199 Write 165 Mixed 79.2 SusWrite 195 116% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 1 170% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B1G73DB0-CK0 16GB 227 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	56.1% Above average	MC Read 20.3 MC Write 20.6 MC Mixed 16.8 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 19.9 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 76.2 52% 76.2 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 61%

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

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GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

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