Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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	61% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	56.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 21 '20 at 20:38
Run Duration	266 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing as expected (50^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 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	78.5% Very good	Memory 91.3 1-Core 107 2-Core 197 77% 132 Pts	4-Core 354 8-Core 601 58% 478 Pts	64-Core 579 36% 579 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	3.9% Terrible	Lighting 3.9 Reflection 6.42 Parallax 6.75 3% 5.69 fps	MRender 9.62 Gravity 2.43 Splatting 7.3 5% 6.45 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.9% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$195 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Gigabyte(1458 4014) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 442.59 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	61% Good	Lighting 96.1 Reflection 85 Parallax 85.4 78% 88.8 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 0.27 Splatting 0.04 27% 39.8 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 480GB 16,522 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 138GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 3.9 0.5 0.4 0.3 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	56.1% Above average	Read 334 Write 192 Mixed 221 SusWrite 35.2 43% 195 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 58.8 4K Mixed 29.5 112% 38.8 MB/s	DQ Read 140 DQ Write 147 DQ Mixed 128 101% 139 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 98%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$28 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 127GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 151 149 154 154 154 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	Read 113 Write 103 Mixed 76.2 SusWrite 152 82% 111 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 216% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 109%
G-drive USB 10TB 101 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 8TB free Firmware: 2602 SusWrite @10s intervals: 202 202 212 209 203 204 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 144 Write 152 Mixed 106 SusWrite 205 112% 152 MB/s	4K Read 2.6 4K Write 5.7 4K Mixed 1.3 358% 3.2 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 136%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Panram PUD31600C98GLSK 2x8GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	56% Above average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 16.7 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 18.4 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 65.2 61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 57%

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 36%

Jet ski

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	147x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	82x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	66x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	51x
HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GBKingstonBench 61%, 11,630 samples	40x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	36x

Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $823

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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