Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 87.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	6.31% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	89.5% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Memory 94.6 1-Core 82.2 2-Core 223 75% 133 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 582 65% 509 Pts	64-Core 580 36% 580 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 550-Ti-$250 54,392 User benchmarks, average bench 9% POV(1ACC 55C2) 2GB CLim: 900 MHz, MLim: 266 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	6.31% Terrible	Lighting 7.23 Reflection 9.38 Parallax 7.22 6% 7.95 fps	MRender 5.29 Gravity 10.9 Splatting 9.39 7% 8.51 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 6.31% Great: 9%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZ7TE256HMHP-000L2 256GB 2,145 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 209GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT06L0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 242 250 253 253 251 253 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Read 458 Write 245 Mixed 183 SusWrite 250 63% 284 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 90.2 4K Mixed 29.8 141% 52.2 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 253 DQ Mixed 80.9 122% 233 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 91%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 73,650 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	61.4% Good	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 18.9 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 20.6 SC Mixed 19 53% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 58.1 69% 58.1 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 62%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 10%

Tree trunk

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 9%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	170x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	158x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	158x

RAM
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 24,592 samples	59x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	52x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	52x

Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $454

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16