Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 80.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	3.37% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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 (64^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 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Memory 90.4 1-Core 111 2-Core 217 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 379 8-Core 588 60% 484 Pts	64-Core 586 36% 586 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	3.37% Terrible	Lighting 3.07 Reflection 6.35 Parallax 6.84 2% 5.42 fps	MRender 7.67 Gravity 2.4 Splatting 7.96 5% 6.01 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.37% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 480GB-$40 16,752 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 5GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 370 Write 312 Mixed 91.5 57% 258 MB/s	4K Read 16.1 4K Write 74.3 4K Mixed 0.7 65% 30.4 MB/s	DQ Read 162 DQ Write 180 DQ Mixed 0.2 47% 114 MB/s
Poor: 30% Great: 76%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 87GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 352 151 150 151 151 151 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 469 Write 450 Mixed 386 SusWrite 184 84% 372 MB/s	4K Read 41.4 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 49.9 183% 66.1 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 351 265% 356 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 115%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 465GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 104 125 110 115 112 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	72.5% Very good	Read 137 Write 136 Mixed 63 SusWrite 115 82% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 2133 C10 2x4GB 353 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	30.2% Below average	MC Read 10.4 MC Write 9.9 MC Mixed 7.8 27% 9.37 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 10.5 SC Mixed 8.9 27% 9.6 GB/s	Latency 66.7 60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 30.2% Great: 80%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 39%

Jet ski

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	56x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	33x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	20x

Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $628

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16