Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	169% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Memory 94.6 1-Core 132 2-Core 260 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 670 66% 542 Pts	64-Core 682 42% 682 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8506) CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	62.7% Good	Lighting 79.3 Reflection 82.9 Parallax 80.3 65% 80.8 fps	MRender 79.4 Gravity 72.9 Splatting 66.1 59% 72.8 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 307GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 234 487 577 569 563 575 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	169% Outstanding	Read 628 Write 542 Mixed 580 SusWrite 501 127% 563 MB/s	4K Read 62.3 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 80.8 266% 90.2 MB/s	DQ Read 770 DQ Write 612 DQ Mixed 765 552% 716 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 169% Great: 355%
Samsung 830 512GB-$500 1,815 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 217GB free Firmware: CXM03B1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 275 326 291 312 326 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	75.1% Very good	Read 445 Write 295 Mixed 251 SusWrite 283 71% 319 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 70.2 4K Mixed 26.5 103% 39.2 MB/s	DQ Read 292 DQ Write 95.2 DQ Mixed 144 119% 177 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 716GB free Firmware: CC3C SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 118 120 119 119 121 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	67.3% Good	Read 116 Write 121 Mixed 62.1 SusWrite 119 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.7 124% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMY16GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMY16GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C9 32GB 43 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	60.7% Good	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 21.7 MC Mixed 18.5 59% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 22.3 SC Mixed 20 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 58.2 69% 58.2 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 63%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	140x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	55x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	52x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	48x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	31x
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 24,592 samples	28x

Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $678

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