Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Boot Drive	55.8% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	69.6% Good	Memory 82.4 1-Core 94.5 2-Core 177 69% 118 Pts	4-Core 307 8-Core 548 51% 427 Pts	64-Core 550 34% 550 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% Asus(1043 8465) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 441.66 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 27.6 Reflection 28.8 Parallax 32.4 22% 29.6 fps	Gravity 32.5 Splatting 26.8 26% 29.6 fps
Poor: 32% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: 505ABBF1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 127 118 124 121 112 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	55.8% Above average	Read 345 Write 144 Mixed 173 SusWrite 122 43% 196 MB/s	4K Read 21.6 4K Write 53.1 4K Mixed 24.4 92% 33 MB/s	DQ Read 137 DQ Write 145 DQ Mixed 126 99% 136 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 73%
Intel SSDSA2BW120G3A 120GB 365 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 44GB free Firmware: 4PC10302 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 129 132 132 131 130 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	40.4% Average	Read 225 Write 132 Mixed 138 SusWrite 130 35% 157 MB/s	4K Read 14.5 4K Write 31.2 4K Mixed 17.5 61% 21.1 MB/s	DQ Read 137 DQ Write 67.1 DQ Mixed 65 58% 89.8 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 47%
Samsung HD252HJ 250GB 8,167 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 48GB free Firmware: 1AC01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 65 70 73 77 76 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	36.1% Below average	Read 54.7 Write 57.7 Mixed 42 SusWrite 70.6 41% 56.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston ASU16D3LU1KBG/8G KHX1600C9D3/4GX KHX1600C9D3/4GX 16GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	50.8% Above average	MC Read 19 MC Write 19.5 MC Mixed 16 52% 18.2 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 14.4 SC Mixed 12.8 36% 12.5 GB/s	Latency 76.2 52% 76.2 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 51%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 38%

Jet ski

Desktop 72%

Battleship

Workstation 30%

Raft

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	95x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	93x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	75x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	41x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	36x
MX500 500GBCrucial $50Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	33x

RAM
BLS4G3D1609ES2LX0. 2x4GBCrucialBench 57%, 1,274 samples	33x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 27,462 samples	23x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	22x

Value: 80% - Excellent

Total price: $387

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