Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 25% Raft	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 77.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	33.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	10GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 10GB 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 (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	77.5% Very good	Memory 87.9 1-Core 110 2-Core 210 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 363 8-Core 572 58% 468 Pts	64-Core 577 36% 577 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 36C2) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1481 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 442.59 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	33.6% Below average	Lighting 44.1 Reflection 41.5 Parallax 37.1 36% 40.9 fps	MRender 36.2 Gravity 38.3 Splatting 33 29% 35.8 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33.6% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$39 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 72 79 90 111 125 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	71.6% Very good	Read 156 Write 150 Mixed 126 SusWrite 92.7 97% 131 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 216% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 109%
SanDisk Ultra Flair USB 3.0 16GB-$8 10,598 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 14GB free, PID 5591 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 8.5 7.9 6.8 6.8 7 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	14.9% Very poor	Read 38.5 Write 22.3 Mixed 23.5 SusWrite 8.1 28% 23.1 MB/s	4K Read 6.1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1.4 138% 3.17 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 14.9% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT325U6CFR8C-PB 1315 CT102464BA160B.C16 10GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 1600, 1600 MHz 2048, 8192 MB Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	37.2% Below average	MC Read 13.1 MC Write 12.8 MC Mixed 10.5 35% 12.1 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 12.7 SC Mixed 11.7 33% 11.6 GB/s	Latency 69.6 57% 69.6 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 37.2% Great: 40%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $44	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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