Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 76.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	70.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H97-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140628
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 16 '23 at 15:34
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 (88^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	Memory 87.2 1-Core 103 2-Core 200 75% 130 Pts	4-Core 356 8-Core 538 56% 448 Pts	64-Core 524 32% 524 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$238 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% MSI(1462 C75A) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 466.47 Performing below potential (52^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	70.7% Very good	Lighting 88.1 Reflection 83.3 Parallax 81.3 72% 84.2 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 79 Splatting 71.2 68% 85.8 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKK1B3 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 343 Write 310 Mixed 301 71% 318 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 68.8 4K Mixed 32.2 118% 42.6 MB/s	DQ Read 217 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 170 158% 240 MB/s
Poor: 39% Great: 102%
WD Green 480GB (2018)-$69 25,452 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 21GB free Firmware: UG220400 SusWrite @10s intervals: 318 157 27 0.2 62 75 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	42.9% Average	Read 385 Write 351 Mixed 170 SusWrite 106 56% 253 MB/s	4K Read 19.4 4K Write 34.7 4K Mixed 7.7 58% 20.6 MB/s	DQ Read 117 DQ Write 87.6 DQ Mixed 32.4 43% 78.9 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 60%
WD3200A 320GB 111 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 72GB free Firmware: 03.05B.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 63 64 64 63 64 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	37.3% Below average	Read 66.2 Write 64.9 Mixed 50.2 SusWrite 63.4 45% 61.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B1G73EB0-CK0 2x8GB 3,888 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	56.6% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 16.8 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 20.3 SC Mixed 18 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 70.3 57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 56.6% 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 $38Bench 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	39x
KHX1866C10D3/8G 9905403-400.A00LF 9905403-400.A00LF 16GBKingstonBench 51%, 42 samples	24x

Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $505

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16