Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	102% 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 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 as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	Memory 93.5 1-Core 130 2-Core 259 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 481 8-Core 665 72% 573 Pts	64-Core 667 41% 667 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plexto PX-256S3C 256GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 107GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 227 174 169 170 168 169 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	102% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 306 Mixed 188 SusWrite 180 66% 298 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 51.5 179% 71.6 MB/s	DQ Read 342 DQ Write 298 DQ Mixed 211 188% 284 MB/s
Poor: 87% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 102%
WD WD20PURX-64P6ZY0 2TB 66 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 385GB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 88 88 89 89 87 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	46.4% Average	Read 73 Write 73.4 Mixed 52.1 SusWrite 88.2 53% 71.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 81%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5273EBO-CKO ZION8GBDDR3PC1600 16GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	60.8% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 21.4 MC Mixed 17.8 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 21.4 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 60.9 66% 60.9 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 62%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 39%

Jet ski

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	166x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	148x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	85x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	76x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	44x
Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCrucialBench 56%, 44,086 samples	35x

Value: 60% - Good

Total price: $429

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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