Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 91.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	3.4% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	73.8% 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 (44^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 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Memory 93.3 1-Core 124 2-Core 256 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 492 8-Core 662 73% 577 Pts	64-Core 659 41% 659 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 630 60,212 User benchmarks, average bench 4% MSI(1462 8A90) ≥ 4GB CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	3.4% Terrible	Lighting 4.2 Reflection 4.8 Parallax 1.9 3% 3.63 fps	MRender 4.2 Gravity 4.7 Splatting 3.6 3% 4.17 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.4% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SP900 256GB-$300 9,430 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 196GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.0.7b SusWrite @10s intervals: 202 203 202 202 207 203 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	73.8% Very good	Read 399 Write 255 Mixed 268 SusWrite 203 63% 281 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 76.3 4K Mixed 31.1 117% 44 MB/s	DQ Read 181 DQ Write 243 DQ Mixed 144 128% 189 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 89%
Adata ED600 2TB 117 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 158GB free Firmware: 0204 SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 41 41 41 41 41 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	20.5% Poor	Read 29.7 Write 28.7 Mixed 29.8 SusWrite 40.6 24% 32.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 0.4 122% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 20.5% Great: 71%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 80GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 101 100 101 101 102 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	67.6% Good	Read 134 Write 111 Mixed 70.5 SusWrite 101 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 232% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DHX DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 416 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	61.5% Good	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 18.6 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 22.9 SC Mixed 20 58% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 61.5 65% 61.5 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 113%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 39%

Jet ski

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

Sail boat

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	135x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	104x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	82x

RAM
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 4x4GBMicronBench 56%, 6,584 samples	49x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	14x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	11x

Value: 65% - Good

Total price: $390

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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