Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 80.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	33.3% 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	145% 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.

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Memory 89.9 1-Core 118 2-Core 224 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 382 8-Core 619 61% 501 Pts	64-Core 622 38% 622 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 2960) 2GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing below potential (65^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	33.3% Below average	Lighting 43.2 Reflection 41.1 Parallax 37.5 35% 40.6 fps	MRender 39.2 Gravity 37.9 Splatting 33 30% 36.7 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33.3% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 500GB 13,939 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	145% Outstanding	Read 973 Write 934 Mixed 958 214% 955 MB/s	4K Read 41.9 4K Write 99.6 4K Mixed 30.1 155% 57.2 MB/s	DQ Read 43.6 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 28.9 35% 59 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 145% Great: 313%
WD My Book 1235 3TB 846 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 32GB free, PID 1235 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.5% Good	Read 155 Write 155 Mixed 128 186% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.27 101% 1.26 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 19,522 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	56.8% Above average	MC Read 21 MC Write 20.6 MC Mixed 17.1 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 18 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 67.3 59% 67.3 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 63%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 65%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 55%

Yacht

SSD
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	9x
840 Evo 500GBSamsung $150Bench 103%, 68,337 samples	8x
SSDNow V300 240GBKingston $35Bench 64%, 176,713 samples	7x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 63%, 12,722 samples	6x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBCorsairBench 55%, 6,625 samples	5x
RipjawsX DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 68%, 1,661 samples	5x

Value: 80% - Excellent

Total price: $786

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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