Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 83%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	52.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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 above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790S-$60 13,224 User benchmarks, average bench 72% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Memory 90.9 1-Core 120 2-Core 213 82% 141 Pts	4-Core 407 8-Core 573 62% 490 Pts	64-Core 575 36% 575 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 7817) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 67GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT08B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 125 129 128 128 129 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	52.9% Above average	Read 328 Write 132 Mixed 109 SusWrite 127 38% 174 MB/s	4K Read 20.3 4K Write 84.9 4K Mixed 17.6 98% 40.9 MB/s	DQ Read 26.9 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 18.9 29% 52.7 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 0215 CM3X2G1333C9 1315 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 0215 CM3X2G1333C9 12GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1600, 1333, 1600, 1333 MHz 4096, 2048, 4096, 2048 MB Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	52.3% Above average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 15.7 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 18.8 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 52%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 25%

Surfboard

Desktop 71%

Battleship

Workstation 20%

Surfboard

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	81x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	79x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	78x

RAM
Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCrucialBench 56%, 44,086 samples	96x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 27,462 samples	61x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	60x

Value: 50% - Average

Total price: $537

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16