Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 78.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.98% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	76.3% 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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (77^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 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Memory 90.9 1-Core 106 2-Core 211 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 357 8-Core 553 56% 455 Pts	64-Core 573 35% 573 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro K600 8,087 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Nvidia(10DE 094B) 1GB CLim: 875 MHz, MLim: 445 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 388.16 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	3.98% Terrible	Lighting 4.33 Reflection 4.12 Parallax 4.47 4% 4.31 fps	MRender 5.14 Gravity 5.13 Splatting 7.04 5% 5.77 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.98% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM05B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 74 69 73 74 72 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	76.3% Very good	Read 357 Write 106 Mixed 181 SusWrite 74.5 40% 180 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 99.1 4K Mixed 41 154% 57.4 MB/s	DQ Read 355 DQ Write 106 DQ Mixed 120 118% 194 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 110%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01L01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 143 145 147 145 146 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Read 135 Write 137 Mixed 104 SusWrite 145 96% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.7 4K Mixed 1 213% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 85%
Hitachi HDS721075KLA330 750GB-$100 3,905 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 696GB free Firmware: GK8OA87A SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 82 83 83 83 83 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	47.4% Average	Read 82.2 Write 79.6 Mixed 41.8 SusWrite 82.6 52% 71.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 178% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 47%

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 above expectations (78^th percentile)	60.4% Good	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 18.5 60% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 19.9 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 63%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 65%

Destroyer

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	57x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	46x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	35x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	23x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	21x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	13x

Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $246

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