Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 85.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	14.9% 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	89.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

PC Performing above expectations (64^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% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Memory 88.6 1-Core 119 2-Core 238 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 447 8-Core 604 66% 525 Pts	64-Core 604 37% 604 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-$120 66,662 User benchmarks, average bench 15% Elitegroup(1019 1026) 1GB CLim: 1293 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	14.9% Very poor	Lighting 18.3 Reflection 15 Parallax 15.9 15% 16.4 fps	MRender 21.9 Gravity 18.1 Splatting 15.7 15% 18.6 fps
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 14.9% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingdian S400 480GB 639 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 428GB free Firmware: Q0526A Performing below potential (41^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	64.7% Good	Read 261 Write 250 Mixed 261 58% 257 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 75.8 4K Mixed 20.1 105% 40.6 MB/s	DQ Read 174 DQ Write 184 DQ Mixed 21.5 60% 126 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 100%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 152GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Read 507 Write 407 Mixed 415 98% 443 MB/s	4K Read 40.2 4K Write 72.1 4K Mixed 23.4 129% 45.2 MB/s	DQ Read 41.2 DQ Write 241 DQ Mixed 22.9 52% 102 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 124%
Asmedia ASM1153E 240GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 223GB free Firmware: 0 Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 15% Great: 19%
Asmedia ASM1153E 240GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 171GB free Firmware: 0 Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 15% Great: 19%
Softperfect Virtual Disk 5GB 4GB free Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B1G73QH0-CK0 2x8GB 6,401 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	59.3% Above average	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 17.7 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 20.3 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 68.9 58% 68.9 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 61%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 14%

Tree trunk

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 12%

Tree trunk

GPU
GTX 750Nvidia $120Bench 15%, 66,662 samples	127x
GTX 745 (OEM)Nvidia $60Bench 10%, 26,874 samples	79x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	46x

SSD
Premier Pro SP900 128GBAdata $40Bench 69%, 2,820 samples	22x
MZ7TE128HMGR-000L1 128GBSamsungBench 62%, 5,980 samples	16x
MZ7LF128HCHP-00000 128GBSamsungBench 48%, 1,148 samples	16x

RAM
M2F4G64CB88C7N-DI 2x4GBNanyaBench 53%, 1,438 samples	40x
M378B5173QH0-CK0 2x4GBSamsungBench 51%, 13,591 samples	28x
M2F8G64CB8HD5N-DI 2x8GBNanyaBench 54%, 842 samples	23x

Value: 49% - Average

Total price: $354

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