Performance Results


Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 79.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	33.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	62.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 as expected (58^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)	79.8% Very good	Memory 87.6 1-Core 110 2-Core 217 79% 138 Pts	4-Core 389 8-Core 588 61% 488 Pts	64-Core 564 35% 564 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3202) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 456.38 Performing below potential (65^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	33.5% Below average	Lighting 42.8 Reflection 44 Parallax 40.8 35% 42.5 fps	MRender 36.6 Gravity 40.8 Splatting 35.7 31% 37.7 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33.5% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: 583ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 99 93 87 94 94 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Read 263 Write 195 Mixed 227 SusWrite 102 44% 197 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 83.1 4K Mixed 35 124% 47 MB/s	DQ Read 143 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 153 119% 162 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 85%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 20GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 139 130 126 118 130 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Read 145 Write 149 Mixed 95.6 SusWrite 128 95% 130 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1.1 212% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 109%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 342GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 99 101 102 101 101 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	57% Above average	Read 97.8 Write 98 Mixed 83.4 SusWrite 100 70% 94.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 195% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 28,220 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.1% Above average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 17.5 MC Mixed 15.8 48% 17 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 18.7 SC Mixed 14.6 46% 15.9 GB/s	Latency 69.9 57% 69.9 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 61%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 34%

Sail boat

Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 27%

Raft

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	48x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	25x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	21x

Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $500

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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