Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 79.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	67% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 (39%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	8.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 22 '20 at 00:52
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	39%

PC Performing as expected (55^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, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	79.5% Very good	Memory 94.9 1-Core 116 2-Core 213 82% 141 Pts	4-Core 347 8-Core 591 57% 469 Pts	64-Core 646 40% 646 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Titan X Pascal-$286 8,692 User benchmarks, average bench 121% Nvidia(10DE 119A) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 441.87 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	67% Good	Lighting 64.7 Reflection 148 Parallax 145 53% 119 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 137 Splatting 110 95% 116 fps
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 132%

Drives	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 690GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 660 Write 589 Mixed 586 136% 612 MB/s	4K Read 45.5 4K Write 82.1 4K Mixed 53.9 182% 60.5 MB/s	DQ Read 753 DQ Write 585 DQ Mixed 702 516% 680 MB/s
Poor: 214% Great: 372%
OCZ Trion 150 480GB-$300 13,412 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 171GB free Firmware: SAFZ12.3 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 463 Write 442 Mixed 350 93% 419 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 68.4 4K Mixed 31 112% 41.1 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 188 185% 293 MB/s
Poor: 60% Great: 101%
Samsung SP2004C 3TB 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	Read 184 Write 130 Mixed 85.5 98% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 1 MB/s

Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 634GB free Firmware: CC26 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 177 Write 173 Mixed 78.3 105% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C10 4x4GB 418 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	68.5% Good	MC Read 25.2 MC Write 26.2 MC Mixed 20.9 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 20.2 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 57.4 70% 57.4 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 86%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	269x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	126x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	115x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	72x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	53x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	46x

Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

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