Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 35% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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	43.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	91.5% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (48^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Memory 94.8 1-Core 82.9 2-Core 186 72% 121 Pts	4-Core 356 8-Core 569 57% 463 Pts	64-Core 560 35% 560 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Sapphire(174B E285) CLim: 1040 MHz, MLim: 1300 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	43.1% Average	Lighting 52.4 Reflection 48.7 Parallax 64.6 43% 55.2 fps	MRender 49.6 Gravity 47.8 Splatting 60 44% 52.4 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M550 1TB-$700 1,628 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 561GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 394 384 382 367 304 332 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Read 386 Write 375 Mixed 273 SusWrite 360 78% 349 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 84.8 4K Mixed 34.4 125% 47.7 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 232 206% 311 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 109%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 392GB free Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1771 916 624 626 626 625 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	226% Outstanding	Read 1,899 Write 1796 Mixed 1342 SusWrite 865 330% 1,475 MB/s	4K Read 50.7 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 65.1 218% 75.2 MB/s	DQ Read 806 DQ Write 533 DQ Mixed 694 511% 678 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 226% Great: 340%
WD WD2001FASS-00U0B0 2TB 6,005 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.00101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 139 141 141 141 141 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Read 142 Write 137 Mixed 82.5 SusWrite 140 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 0.9 210% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	74.3% Very good	MC Read 27.1 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 24.1 76% 26.7 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 20.3 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 57.7 69% 57.7 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 85%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	69x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	65x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	46x

Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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