Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 83.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	4.3% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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 (84^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)	83.6% Excellent	Memory 91.7 1-Core 116 2-Core 226 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 408 8-Core 596 63% 502 Pts	64-Core 597 37% 597 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Nvidia GeForce GT 710 187,161 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Gigabyte(1458 375A) 2GB CLim: 954 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	4.3% Terrible	Lighting 5.1 Reflection 4.54 Parallax 4.94 4% 4.86 fps	MRender 6.48 Gravity 3.9 Splatting 6.22 5% 5.53 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.3% Great: 4%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 71 96 121 107 48 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	68.4% Good	Read 149 Write 143 Mixed 83.6 SusWrite 89.2 86% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT102464BA160B.C16 1315 CT51264BA160BJ.C8 12GB 48 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	56.1% Above average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 20.4 MC Mixed 16.6 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 17.9 48% 17 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 55%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 65%

Destroyer

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

CPU
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	3x

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	2x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	1x

SSD
SD7SB3Q-128G-1006 128GBSandiskBench 78%, 2,148 samples	3x

RAM
PSP38G16002 1x8GBUnknownBench 29%, 40 samples	2x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GBCorsairBench 50%, 20,728 samples	1x

Value: 83% - Excellent

Total price: $150

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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