Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 79.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	35.4% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 0.8 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Memory 93.7 1-Core 126 2-Core 246 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 370 8-Core 410 51% 390 Pts	64-Core 422 26% 422 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Jamesdonkey JD480 480GB 1,232 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 202GB free (System drive) Firmware: JD2018 SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.3 169 224 7 97 12 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	35.4% Below average	Read 503 Write 430 Mixed 14.5 SusWrite 85.8 57% 258 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 6.4 4K Mixed 0.4 38% 9.73 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 35.4% Great: 91%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 999GB 64,984 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 858GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 162 161 162 162 161 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Read 163 Write 150 Mixed 91 SusWrite 161 104% 141 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.2 238% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 28,461 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	61% Good	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 18.8 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 22.5 SC Mixed 19.6 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 60.4 66% 60.4 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 76%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 39%

Jet ski

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	65x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	44x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	40x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	23x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	20x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 27,462 samples	14x

Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $435

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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