Tarox Entry Tower Workstation

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	84.3% 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	33.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Very high background CPU (39%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Tarox Entry Tower Workstation (all builds)
Motherboard	ASUSTeK Z87-A
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 30 '23 at 13:07
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	39%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$50 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	74.9% Very good	Memory 87.8 1-Core 100 2-Core 211 76% 133 Pts	4-Core 358 8-Core 367 48% 363 Pts	64-Core 377 23% 377 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Nvidia(10DE 17C8) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1644 MHz, MLim: 1952 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 537.42 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 127 Parallax 110 84% 114 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 104 Splatting 100 85% 104 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Crucial BX500 240GB-$27 142,801 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: M6CR013 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 224 8.5 71 62 57 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	33.7% Below average	Read 434 Write 375 Mixed 12.4 SusWrite 95.8 50% 229 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 6.6 4K Mixed 0.4 40% 10.2 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 92%
WD WD10EURX 1TB-$26 53,598 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 473GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 101 102 101 102 102 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	67.5% Good	Read 133 Write 145 Mixed 86.5 SusWrite 102 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 194% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 4x4GB 14,299 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	58.1% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 18.8 59% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 18.3 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 94.2 42% 94.2 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 64%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	1	214	58	60	23.5"	1920 1017	PHLC0D1 PHL 243V5

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Workstation 49%

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System: Tarox Entry Tower Workstation

CPU
Core i7-4790SIntel $60Bench 72%, 13,224 samples	2x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2x
Xeon E3-1245 v5IntelBench 76%, 2,081 samples	2x

GPU
GTX 980-TiNvidia $560Bench 79%, 214,030 samples	3x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	2x
NVS 510NvidiaBench 3%, 2,450 samples	1x

SSD
XPG SX900 512GBAdata $189Bench 59%, 1,547 samples	2x
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $45Bench 104%, 296,814 samples	2x
SD7UB3Q256G1122 256GBSandiskBench 80%, 255 samples	1x

RAM
9905474-037.A00LF 1315 CT51264BA160BJ.C8F 9905474-037.A00LF 1315 CT51264BA160BJ.C8F 16GBKingstonBench 58%, 2 samples	2x
CMK16GX4M2Z3200C16 859B CT4G4DFS8213.C8FBD1 029E CMK16GX4M2Z3200C16 859B CT4G4DFS8213.C8FBD1 24GBUnknownBench 67%, 3 samples	2x
CT102464BA160B.C16 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 11,058 samples	1x

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Value: 33% - Below average

Total price: $809

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $164	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $149
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $359