Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	12.9% 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	83.2% 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	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.

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	80% Excellent	Memory 85.4 1-Core 110 2-Core 214 78% 137 Pts	4-Core 403 8-Core 586 62% 494 Pts	64-Core 584 36% 584 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 550-$79 79,894 User benchmarks, average bench 14% AMD(1002 0B04) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1071 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.10.35.02 Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	12.9% Very poor	Lighting 13.8 Reflection 25.1 Parallax 20.4 11% 19.8 fps	MRender 24.1 Gravity 15.6 Splatting 20 16% 19.9 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 12.9% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS900 240GB-$22 61,417 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS900J13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 392 409 408 234 6.3 6.3 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Read 340 Write 365 Mixed 353 SusWrite 242 73% 325 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 78.2 4K Mixed 40.6 135% 48.7 MB/s	DQ Read 238 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 196 173% 256 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda Green 1.5TB-$130 20,479 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 668GB free Firmware: CC3C SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 121 122 122 121 121 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	65.2% Good	Read 106 Write 110 Mixed 63 SusWrite 121 73% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 121% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 69%
hp v245o 8GB 124 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 7GB free, PID ad07 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 22.5 Write 4.2 Mixed 1.8 8% 9.5 MB/s	4K Read 5.2 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 19% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 4% Great: 7%

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)	57.1% Above average	MC Read 21 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 17.3 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 20.8 SC Mixed 16.8 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 71.7 56% 71.7 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 60%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 20%

Surfboard

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 18%

Surfboard

GPU
Radeon RX 560-BAMDBench 20%, 49,289 samples	3x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	3x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	2x

RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	2x
1600 CL10 Series 2x8GBUnknownBench 54%, 4,816 samples	2x
HMT351U6EFR8C-PB Samsung M378B1G73EB0-CK0 HMT351U6EFR8C-PB Samsung M378B1G73EB0-CK0 24GBHynixBench 54%, 2 samples	2x

Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $103

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