Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 76.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.32% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	98.9% 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.

High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790S-$60 13,224 User benchmarks, average bench 72% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	76.3% Very good	Memory 82.9 1-Core 105 2-Core 199 74% 129 Pts	4-Core 376 8-Core 553 58% 464 Pts	64-Core 552 34% 552 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4364 Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	3.32% Terrible	Lighting 3.6 Reflection 2.6 Parallax 6.3 3% 4.17 fps	MRender 8.4 Gravity 2.5 Splatting 4.5 4% 5.13 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.32% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Lexar 240GB SSD 240GB 2,181 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 181GB free (System drive) Firmware: SN07656 SusWrite @10s intervals: 419 412 371 71 19 7.3 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	Read 475 Write 430 Mixed 384 SusWrite 217 84% 376 MB/s	4K Read 42.9 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 48.7 188% 68.7 MB/s	DQ Read 117 DQ Write 292 DQ Mixed 138 124% 182 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 96%
SanDisk Ultra Flair USB 3.0 16GB-$8 10,598 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 1GB free, PID 5591 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 153 Write 44.8 Mixed 27.4 72% 75.1 MB/s	4K Read 6.7 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 1.5 86% 2.83 MB/s
Poor: 10% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	58.4% Above average	MC Read 22 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 16.7 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 19.9 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 75.2 53% 75.2 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 97%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 64%

Destroyer

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	252x
HD 4400 (Desktop 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 64,721 samples	143x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	76x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 31%, 37,489 samples	26x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	26x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	22x

Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $290

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