| 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good. |
| Boot Drive | 141% 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 | 32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing. |
| OS Version | Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen. |
High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
| Motherboard | Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 (all builds) |
| Memory | 29.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz |
| Display | 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors |
| OS | Windows 8.1 |
| BIOS Date | 20150918 |
| Uptime | 0 Days |
| Run Date | Apr 04 '16 at 20:55 |
| Run Duration | 92 Seconds |
| Run User | USA-User |
| Background CPU | 25% |
PC Performing above expectations (65th percentile)
Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).
| Processor | Bench | Normal | Heavy | Server |
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Intel Core i7-4790K-$348
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg)
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86.7%
Excellent
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84% 141 Pts
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69% 572 Pts
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45% 732 Pts
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| Graphics Card | Bench | 3D DX9 | 3D DX10 | 3D DX11 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15
Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.14.4264
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| Drive | Bench | Sequential | Random 4k | Deep queue 4k |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Intel Raid 1 Volume 1TB
933GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
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141%
Outstanding
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158% 715 MB/s
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175% 64.2 MB/s
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174% 310 MB/s
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| Memory Kit | Bench | Multi core | Single core | Latency |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Corsair Dominator DDR3 2133 C9 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz
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80.5%
Excellent
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80% 28.1 GB/s
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67% 23.4 GB/s
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79% 50.4 ns
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System Memory Latency Ladder
L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds
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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 5 - $162
| CPU |
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| Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples | 848x |
| Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples | 348x |
| Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples | 158x |
| GPU |
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| GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples | 318x |
| HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples | 113x |
| GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples | 109x |
| EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER | Value: 60% - Above average | Total price: $810 |