Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 83.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.85% 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	82.1% 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 (84^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790S-$60 13,224 User benchmarks, average bench 72% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Memory 92.2 1-Core 111 2-Core 217 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 406 8-Core 555 61% 480 Pts	64-Core 569 35% 569 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 740 30,433 User benchmarks, average bench 7% MSI(1462 8A9E) 1GB CLim: 1006 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	7.85% Terrible	Lighting 8.7 Reflection 11.4 Parallax 11.5 7% 10.5 fps	MRender 13.2 Gravity 11.4 Splatting 10.2 9% 11.6 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 7.85% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SM2280S3 SATA M.2 120GB-$128 1,644 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: S8FM06.A SusWrite @10s intervals: 302 315 229 298 99 310 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Read 503 Write 327 Mixed 248 SusWrite 259 74% 334 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 21.6 129% 51.5 MB/s	DQ Read 168 DQ Write 211 DQ Mixed 62.9 83% 147 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 82%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 688GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 144 144 146 144 146 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 151 Mixed 98.3 SusWrite 144 105% 143 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 233% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C9D3/4GX KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C9D3/4GX 16GB 604 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	58.4% Above average	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 16.7 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 19.8 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 63.6 63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 66%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 65%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	199x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	192x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	159x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	70x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	68x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	64x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	107x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	63x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 27,462 samples	43x

Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $277

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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