Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
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 (76^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 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Memory 92.8 1-Core 116 2-Core 261 87% 156 Pts	4-Core 465 8-Core 713 73% 589 Pts	64-Core 705 44% 705 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Pro 256GB-$90 12,565 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 6GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVM01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 517 Write 246 Mixed 371 84% 378 MB/s	4K Read 45.3 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 58.4 205% 73.3 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 288 DQ Mixed 362 263% 344 MB/s
Poor: 78% Great: 131%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$36 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 426 Write 152 Mixed 207 57% 262 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 39.4 159% 59.8 MB/s	DQ Read 201 DQ Write 158 DQ Mixed 156 123% 172 MB/s
Poor: 30% Great: 73%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$29 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 544GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 151 151 151 151 151 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Read 148 Write 136 Mixed 74.4 SusWrite 146 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 236% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 151 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	44.9% Average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 16.1 MC Mixed 11.4 42% 14.9 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 12.4 40% 13.9 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 58%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 41%

Speed boat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

Sail boat

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	24x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	22x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	17x

RAM
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	10x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBKingstonBench 56%, 28,461 samples	9x
99U5584-010.A00LF 99U5584-010.A00LF 9905584-014.A00LF 99U5584-005.A00LF 16GBKingstonBench 58%, 11 samples	9x

Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $378

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16