Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	19.4% 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	114% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Dec 04 '21 at 06:47
Run Duration	211 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	76.1% Very good	Memory 84.2 1-Core 104 2-Core 201 75% 130 Pts	4-Core 366 8-Core 576 58% 471 Pts	64-Core 578 36% 578 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Asus(1043 8422) 2GB CLim: 1241 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 472.12 Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	19.4% Very poor	Lighting 21 Reflection 26.3 Parallax 31.9 17% 26.4 fps	MRender 34.3 Gravity 28.6 Splatting 25.9 24% 29.6 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 19.4% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 344GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 434 337 328 312 332 328 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 452 Write 440 Mixed 374 SusWrite 345 91% 403 MB/s	4K Read 38.1 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 58.2 188% 67.1 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 357 267% 356 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 134%
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 618GB free Firmware: RVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 437 457 447 446 454 470 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 469 Write 431 Mixed 383 SusWrite 452 98% 433 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 49.4 171% 64.5 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 355 267% 358 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 121%

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 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	51.6% Above average	MC Read 18.1 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 15.6 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 17.2 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 73.1 55% 73.1 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 61%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 39%

Jet ski

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

Sail boat

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	101x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	66x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	49x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	49x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	34x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	12x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	43x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	38x
KHX1866C10D3/8G 9905403-400.A00LF 9905403-400.A00LF 16GBKingstonBench 51%, 42 samples	24x

Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $504

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	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