Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 85%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	9.43% 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	84% 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 way above expectations (91^st 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 (100^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Memory 91.6 1-Core 89.2 2-Core 233 77% 138 Pts	4-Core 427 8-Core 591 64% 509 Pts	64-Core 604 37% 604 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 550-Ti-$250 54,392 User benchmarks, average bench 9% MSI(1462 2610) 1GB CLim: 950 MHz, MLim: 1075 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	9.43% Terrible	Lighting 10.8 Reflection 15.9 Parallax 11 9% 12.6 fps	MRender 16.4 Gravity 12.1 Splatting 11.4 11% 13.3 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 9.43% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
CHN 25SATAA3 360 360GB 104 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 257GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q1124A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 433 401 408 405 409 402 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Read 459 Write 268 Mixed 355 SusWrite 410 84% 373 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 15.9 110% 48.9 MB/s	DQ Read 87.4 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 22.8 69% 141 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 87%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2013) 72,354 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 462GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 111 112 112 112 114 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	64.4% Good	Read 112 Write 101 Mixed 59.9 SusWrite 112 71% 96.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	61.6% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 18.8 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 20.3 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 63%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 60%

Gunboat

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	480x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	401x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	367x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	258x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	163x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	153x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	156x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	125x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 27,462 samples	85x

Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $317

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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