Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
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.

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	Memory 88.8 1-Core 105 2-Core 166 72% 120 Pts	4-Core 344 8-Core 575 56% 459 Pts	64-Core 567 35% 567 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 78%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 5,372 Write 4,369 Mixed 4,728 1,074% 4,823 MB/s	4K Read 372 4K Write 168 4K Mixed 192 898% 244 MB/s	DQ Read 813 DQ Write 411 DQ Mixed 519 410% 581 MB/s
Poor: 68% Great: 116%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$22 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 176GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 99 102 102 102 102 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	52.2% Above average	Read 80.5 Write 85.7 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 101 60% 81.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 174% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B1G73DB0-CK0 2x8GB 9,947 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	56.9% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 16.9 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 19.6 SC Mixed 17.7 49% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 68.7 58% 68.7 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 60%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 60%

Gunboat

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	480x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	401x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	368x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	258x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	163x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	153x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	156x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	125x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 27,462 samples	85x

Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $317

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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