Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	23.8% 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	105% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	69% Good	Memory 77.6 1-Core 104 2-Core 202 72% 128 Pts	4-Core 326 8-Core 475 50% 401 Pts	64-Core 527 33% 527 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270-$140 47,409 User benchmarks, average bench 24% Sapphire(174B E271) CLim: 945 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 21.5.1 Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	23.8% Poor	Lighting 30.9 Reflection 33.9 Parallax 36.9 25% 33.9 fps	MRender 27.6 Gravity 28.7 Splatting 22.4 21% 26.2 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 23.8% Great: 26%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$48 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 308GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR033 SusWrite @10s intervals: 320 414 405 410 366 348 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 457 Write 428 Mixed 383 SusWrite 377 93% 411 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 80.9 4K Mixed 45.4 155% 54 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 264 223% 325 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 125%
Sony Storage Media 64GB 320 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 13GB free, PID 09c2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 19 17 19 19 19 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	21.7% Poor	Read 104 Write 53.6 Mixed 20.4 SusWrite 18.4 54% 49.1 MB/s	4K Read 9.9 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.1 44% 3.37 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 21.7% Great: 26%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B1G73BH0-CK0 M378B1G73QH0-CK0 M378B1G73BH0-CK0 M378B1G73QH0-CK0 32GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	55.2% Above average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 16.3 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 17.1 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 85.2 47% 85.2 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 77%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

CPU
Core i7-4770Intel $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples	1x

GPU
R9 270AMD $140Bench 24%, 47,409 samples	1x

SSD
MX500 500GBCrucial $48Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	1x

RAM
M378B1G73BH0-CK0 M378B1G73QH0-CK0 M378B1G73BH0-CK0 M378B1G73QH0-CK0 32GBSamsungBench 57%, 7 samples	1x

Value: 58% - Above average

Total price: $263

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