Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	50.6% 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	111% 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	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (58^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 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	79% Very good	Memory 93 1-Core 111 2-Core 195 78% 133 Pts	4-Core 351 8-Core 584 57% 468 Pts	64-Core 582 36% 582 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	50.6% Above average	Lighting 62.4 Reflection 64.2 Parallax 66.6 51% 64.4 fps	MRender 72.1 Gravity 60.3 Splatting 54.1 50% 62.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 112GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 353 292 293 280 296 278 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 431 Write 403 Mixed 355 SusWrite 298 84% 372 MB/s	4K Read 38.6 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 56.8 191% 69.6 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 354 267% 358 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 124%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 733GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 90 93 91 91 91 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	48.1% Average	Read 76.5 Write 84.1 Mixed 76.5 SusWrite 90.9 61% 82 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 137% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 83%
WD WD80PUZX-64NEAY0 8TB 356 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 1TB free Firmware: 80.H0A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 80 87 81 88 88 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	66.1% Good	Read 145 Write 144 Mixed 72.7 SusWrite 85.2 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1.3 223% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5474-037.A00LF 1x4GB 196 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	32.2% Below average	MC Read 11.2 MC Write 10.2 MC Mixed 8.7 29% 10 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 10.1 SC Mixed 9.8 28% 9.93 GB/s	Latency 62.1 64% 62.1 ns
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 32.2% Great: 33%

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	158x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	157x

RAM
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 24,592 samples	58x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	51x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	51x

Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $454

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