Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 58% Gunboat	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 50.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	24.3% 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	53.1% 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 (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790S-$60 13,224 User benchmarks, average bench 72% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	50.2% Above average	Memory 73.9 1-Core 37.9 2-Core 75.6 42% 62.5 Pts	4-Core 145 8-Core 262 24% 204 Pts	64-Core 307 19% 307 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Gigabyte(1458 2272) CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 20.8.3 Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	24.3% Poor	Lighting 28 Reflection 32.5 Parallax 46.8 23% 35.8 fps	MRender 28.7 Gravity 31.7 Splatting 37.5 27% 32.6 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 24.3% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 44 45 49 45 46 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	53.1% Above average	Read 381 Write 352 Mixed 280 SusWrite 64.6 60% 270 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 32.6 4K Mixed 25.3 84% 26.8 MB/s	DQ Read 162 DQ Write 189 DQ Mixed 148 119% 166 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 108%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 618GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 161 166 166 169 169 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	99.9% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 166 Mixed 95.8 SusWrite 164 112% 152 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 224% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905471-030.A00LF 2x8GB 360 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	51.8% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 20.2 MC Mixed 16.8 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 10.1 SC Mixed 13.1 32% 11.2 GB/s	Latency 92.6 43% 92.6 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 61%

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 35%

Jet ski

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	291x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	204x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	156x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	77x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	70x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	63x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	81x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	77x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	38x

Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $750

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