Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 79.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	1.97% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	43.4% 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.

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

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770S-$102 13,157 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	79.4% Very good	Memory 91.7 1-Core 114 2-Core 211 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 362 8-Core 554 57% 458 Pts	64-Core 555 34% 555 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 625 1,691 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Asus(1043 844C) 2GB CLim: 873 MHz, MLim: 300 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	1.97% Terrible	Lighting 2.47 Reflection 2.92 Parallax 0.81 2% 2.07 fps	MRender 2.67 Gravity 2.4 Splatting 2 2% 2.36 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.97% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z33130RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 60 36 76 43 27 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	43.4% Average	Read 401 Write 272 Mixed 288 SusWrite 53.7 56% 254 MB/s	4K Read 17.9 4K Write 78.2 4K Mixed 6.7 77% 34.3 MB/s	DQ Read 17 DQ Write 95.4 DQ Mixed 16.6 24% 43 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 43.4% Great: 86%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 188GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 118 118 119 118 119 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	71.8% Very good	Read 131 Write 113 Mixed 69.7 SusWrite 118 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 223% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5584-005.A00LF 99U5584-005.A00LF 99U5584-005.A00LF ASU16D3LU1KBG/4G 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	58.8% Above average	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 16.9 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 21 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 59%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 25%

Raft

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 22%

Surfboard

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	43x
GeForce GT 640NvidiaBench 6%, 34,519 samples	41x
GTX 650Nvidia $112Bench 8%, 69,673 samples	35x

RAM
MI64C1D1629Z1 2x8GBAdataBench 54%, 2,816 samples	78x
MI64C1D1629Z1 1x8GBAdataBench 31%, 1,606 samples	36x
AO2L16BC8R2-BR2S 2x8GBUnknownBench 56%, 671 samples	36x

Value: 90% - Outstanding

Total price: $200

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