Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 91%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	3.77% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	165% 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	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 (69^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 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.5 GHz, turbo 5.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	Memory 97 1-Core 130 2-Core 255 91% 161 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 683 71% 571 Pts	64-Core 699 43% 699 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 7919) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.5171 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	3.77% Terrible	Lighting 4.1 Reflection 2.9 Parallax 7.5 3% 4.83 fps	MRender 9 Gravity 2.7 Splatting 5.5 5% 5.73 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.77% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 395GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 560 572 577 573 581 577 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	165% Outstanding	Read 708 Write 559 Mixed 604 SusWrite 573 137% 611 MB/s	4K Read 62.8 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 76.8 249% 81.7 MB/s	DQ Read 781 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 778 513% 621 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 165% Great: 340%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$76 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 455GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 904 509 509 510 423 360 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 74% Great: 129%
Samsung SSD 850 PRO 256G 256GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 210% 234GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 314 316 318 316 321 319 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	299% Outstanding	Read 317 Write 292 Mixed 270 SusWrite 317 406% 299 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 57.8 4K Mixed 36.1 3,295% 40.4 MB/s	DQ Read 30 DQ Write 73.2 DQ Mixed 37 3,860% 46.7 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 299% Great: 313%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 2666 C11 4x4GB 222 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	72.2% Very good	MC Read 24.1 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 21.3 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 24.4 SC Mixed 24.1 66% 23.1 GB/s	Latency 50.3 80% 50.3 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 89%

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

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	22x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	19x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	17x

Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $1,309

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