Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	60.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	104% 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 way above expectations (90^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, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Memory 97.5 1-Core 126 2-Core 254 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 495 8-Core 470 65% 482 Pts	64-Core 425 26% 425 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3161) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1630 MHz, MLim: 1974 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.7% Good	Lighting 76.6 Reflection 77.6 Parallax 69.8 62% 74.6 fps	MRender 81.3 Gravity 71.1 Splatting 62 57% 71.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 258 136 131 131 124 114 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 474 Mixed 300 SusWrite 149 79% 354 MB/s	4K Read 44.5 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 53.2 190% 66.6 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 352 DQ Mixed 184 187% 304 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 108%
Corsair Force LS 60GB-$57 3,190 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 18GB free Firmware: S8FM06.9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 98 99 98 98 97 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	64.6% Good	Read 505 Write 99.2 Mixed 145 SusWrite 98.2 46% 212 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 84.3 4K Mixed 23.5 111% 43.9 MB/s	DQ Read 136 DQ Write 94.4 DQ Mixed 63.1 61% 98 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 89%
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 26,179 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 737GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 86 86 86 87 86 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	50% Average	Read 87.5 Write 83.7 Mixed 52 SusWrite 86.2 57% 77.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 171% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	74.7% Very good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 27.5 MC Mixed 22.9 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 20.2 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 24.1 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 48.4 83% 48.4 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 85%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 56%

Gunboat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 44%

Speed boat

RAM
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	84x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	77x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	74x

Value: 87% - Excellent

Total price: $597

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