Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 80.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	3.36% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	109% 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 as expected (57^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 (97^th percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Memory 87.6 1-Core 118 2-Core 225 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 393 8-Core 601 62% 497 Pts	64-Core 600 37% 600 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 720 15,510 User benchmarks, average bench 4% MSI(1462 3130) 2GB CLim: 797 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 436.50 Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	3.36% Terrible	Lighting 4 Reflection 3.69 Parallax 2.78 3% 3.49 fps	MRender 4.38 Gravity 3.23 Splatting 5.13 4% 4.25 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.36% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 317GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 396 292 267 239 259 237 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 444 Mixed 401 SusWrite 282 91% 405 MB/s	4K Read 41.2 4K Write 88.4 4K Mixed 53.8 178% 61.1 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 359 270% 360 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 134%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 719GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 151 156 156 156 156 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Read 152 Write 151 Mixed 95 SusWrite 154 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 222% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B1G73EB0-CK0 1x8GB 5,321 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 1 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	31.7% Below average	MC Read 10.6 MC Write 10.3 MC Mixed 8.7 28% 9.87 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 11.6 SC Mixed 10.3 31% 10.9 GB/s	Latency 69.9 57% 69.9 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 31.7% Great: 34%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 65%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	16x
Core i3-4160Intel $79Bench 55%, 48,506 samples	1x

GPU
GeForce GT 720NvidiaBench 4%, 15,510 samples	9x
GTX 1050Nvidia $101Bench 26%, 269,381 samples	3x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	2x

SSD
530 Series 120GBIntel $79Bench 67%, 15,015 samples	3x
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	2x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	1x

RAM
M378B1G73EB0-CK0 1x8GBSamsungBench 29%, 5,321 samples	3x
M378B1G73DB0-CK0 1x8GBSamsungBench 30%, 12,268 samples	3x
M378B1G73DB0-CK0 Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 12GBSamsungBench 43%, 20 samples	3x

Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $214

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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