Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 78.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.03% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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 as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	78.2% Very good	Memory 93.2 1-Core 113 2-Core 186 78% 131 Pts	4-Core 342 8-Core 516 53% 429 Pts	64-Core 587 36% 587 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 720 15,510 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Nvidia(10DE 1087) 1GB CLim: 967 MHz, MLim: 500 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	6.03% Terrible	Lighting 7.57 Reflection 7.85 Parallax 8.78 6% 8.06 fps	MRender 5.43 Gravity 7.8 Splatting 7.52 6% 6.92 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.03% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 717GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 80 83 88 89 77 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	72.7% Very good	Read 170 Write 171 Mixed 97.3 SusWrite 82.8 96% 130 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1.1 216% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 109%
Seagate Expansion 4TB 22,017 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2.5TB free Firmware: 9300 SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 41 41 41 41 42 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	22.1% Poor	Read 34.6 Write 41.1 Mixed 33.8 SusWrite 41.2 28% 37.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.7 4K Mixed 0.6 168% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 22.1% Great: 66%
Dell Portable 2TB 411 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0302 SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 42 42 42 42 42 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	23.3% Poor	Read 38.9 Write 37.6 Mixed 36.8 SusWrite 41.7 29% 38.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 145% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 23.3% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5173QH0-CK0 2x4GB 13,591 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	57% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 20.7 MC Mixed 17.4 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 16.6 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 61.7 65% 61.7 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 59%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 13%

Tree trunk

Desktop 71%

Battleship

Workstation 12%

Tree trunk

GPU
GTX 745 (OEM)Nvidia $60Bench 10%, 26,874 samples	573x
GeForce GT 720NvidiaBench 4%, 15,510 samples	362x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	322x

RAM
8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 4x4GBMicronBench 56%, 6,584 samples	351x
HMT451U6BFR8C-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 56%, 2,366 samples	194x
M378B5173DB0-CK0 4x4GBSamsungBench 57%, 3,272 samples	147x

Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $274

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16