Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	83.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	157% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (69^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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	78.2% Very good	Memory 90.2 1-Core 107 2-Core 213 78% 137 Pts	4-Core 357 8-Core 561 57% 459 Pts	64-Core 560 35% 560 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 527.56 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 112 Parallax 102 85% 106 fps	MRender 95.3 Gravity 104 Splatting 100 82% 99.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 421GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 310 591 629 637 621 622 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	157% Outstanding	Read 545 Write 497 Mixed 531 SusWrite 568 121% 535 MB/s	4K Read 53.4 4K Write 95.2 4K Mixed 67.7 218% 72.1 MB/s	DQ Read 767 DQ Write 666 DQ Mixed 902 626% 778 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 157% Great: 340%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 447GB free Firmware: X41100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 375 394 398 361 289 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 479 Write 438 Mixed 337 SusWrite 335 89% 397 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 92.6 4K Mixed 44.1 151% 55.5 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 299 DQ Mixed 244 208% 307 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$62 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 177 178 173 176 179 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 144 Mixed 86.3 SusWrite 170 109% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-432.A00LF 4x4GB 64 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	50.7% Above average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 18.4 MC Mixed 15.2 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 16 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 67 60% 67 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 59%

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 32%

Sail boat

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	153x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	129x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	86x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	88x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	68x
BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 4x4GBCrucialBench 57%, 14,299 samples	38x

Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $435

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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