Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	39.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	57.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (50^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 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	72.4% Very good	Memory 80.1 1-Core 96.1 2-Core 185 70% 121 Pts	4-Core 349 8-Core 504 53% 426 Pts	64-Core 578 36% 578 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3205) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1580 MHz, MLim: 1952 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 441.41 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	39.7% Below average	Lighting 51.8 Reflection 49.4 Parallax 44.4 42% 48.5 fps	MRender 43.4 Gravity 45.4 Splatting 39.9 35% 42.9 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 39.7% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS900 120GB-$25 42,924 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS900612 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 52 89 34 25 57 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	57.4% Above average	Read 296 Write 208 Mixed 226 SusWrite 57.1 44% 197 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 67.7 4K Mixed 27.4 118% 42.1 MB/s	DQ Read 231 DQ Write 55.5 DQ Mixed 9.1 41% 98.6 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 87%
PNY CS900 240GB-$20 61,417 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 23GB free Firmware: CS900J13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 451 454 455 453 462 463 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 329 Write 124 Mixed 322 SusWrite 456 69% 308 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 87 4K Mixed 42.3 152% 54.6 MB/s	DQ Read 220 DQ Write 317 DQ Mixed 196 168% 244 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 91%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 194GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 78 78 78 78 78 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	49.6% Average	Read 94.5 Write 96.5 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 78.1 61% 83.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 131% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3 1600 2x8GB 2,890 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	48.5% Average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 17.8 MC Mixed 15.4 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 17 SC Mixed 14.7 41% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 80.4 50% 80.4 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 63%

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

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	174x
SSDNow V300 240GBKingston $35Bench 64%, 176,713 samples	99x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	85x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	157x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	113x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	74x

Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $758

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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