Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 79.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.93% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	87% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	79.1% Very good	Memory 89.8 1-Core 113 2-Core 224 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 370 8-Core 533 56% 451 Pts	64-Core 571 35% 571 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro K600 8,087 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Nvidia(10DE 094B) 1GB CLim: 875 MHz, MLim: 445 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 430.39 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	3.93% Terrible	Lighting 4.27 Reflection 4.08 Parallax 4.5 4% 4.28 fps	MRender 5.05 Gravity 5.07 Splatting 7 5% 5.7 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.93% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB-$70 27,495 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: 521ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 136 153 168 111 121 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Read 438 Write 237 Mixed 262 SusWrite 146 60% 271 MB/s	4K Read 37.6 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 41 169% 63.9 MB/s	DQ Read 210 DQ Write 198 DQ Mixed 231 166% 213 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 94%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$40 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 565GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 138 140 139 139 139 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Read 162 Write 146 Mixed 86.2 SusWrite 139 98% 133 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.2 236% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2400C11D3/8GX 1311 M2F4G64CB8HB5N-CG KHX2400C11D3/8GX 1311 M2F4G64CB8HB5N-CG 24GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2400, 1333, 2400, 1333 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	52.8% Above average	MC Read 18.6 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 15.9 50% 17.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 18.8 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 67.5 59% 67.5 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 53%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 10%

Tree trunk

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 9%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	170x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	159x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	159x

RAM
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 24,592 samples	59x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	53x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	52x

Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $360

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16