Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 77.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	82.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	42.8% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	Memory 96.7 1-Core 98.9 2-Core 181 75% 125 Pts	4-Core 319 8-Core 570 54% 445 Pts	64-Core 578 36% 578 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 1996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.2% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 109 Parallax 101 86% 105 fps	MRender 91.7 Gravity 97 Splatting 86.5 75% 91.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 30 36 33 33 30 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	42.8% Average	Read 175 Write 118 Mixed 195 SusWrite 38.5 30% 132 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 46.8 4K Mixed 26.9 92% 31.9 MB/s	DQ Read 106 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 67.3 61% 92.2 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 116%
WD VelociRaptor 300GB-$90 11,249 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 99GB free Firmware: 4V06 SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 59 59 58 58 58 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	37.7% Below average	Read 72.3 Write 83.8 Mixed 57.8 SusWrite 58.5 50% 68.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.1 188% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 69%
Intel Raid 5 Volume 6TB 828 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2.5TB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 36 36 35 37 40 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 320 Write 34.5 Mixed 50 SusWrite 36.8 80% 110 MB/s	4K Read 4.5 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.8 291% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 159%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 24,592 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	MC Read 31.2 MC Write 32.7 MC Mixed 27.9 87% 30.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 20 SC Mixed 23 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 51.6 78% 51.6 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 88%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 10%

Tree trunk

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 9%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	170x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	158x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	157x

RAM
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 67%, 24,592 samples	58x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	51x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	51x

Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $454

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