Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 56% Gunboat	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 61.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	3.53% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	56.7% 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 (50%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	3.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141017
Uptime	3.9 Days
Run Date	Mar 11 '20 at 22:33
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	50%

PC Performing below expectations (40^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	61.2% Good	Memory 63.4 1-Core 92.3 2-Core 167 61% 108 Pts	4-Core 317 8-Core 633 56% 475 Pts	64-Core 590 36% 590 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	3.53% Terrible	Lighting 3.67 Reflection 6 Parallax 4.12 3% 4.6 fps	MRender 7.43 Gravity 2.53 Splatting 6.61 5% 5.52 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.53% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 101GB free (System drive) Firmware: 583ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 119 93 103 103 98 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	56.7% Above average	Read 256 Write 189 Mixed 225 SusWrite 109 44% 195 MB/s	4K Read 18.7 4K Write 71.6 4K Mixed 28.6 103% 39.6 MB/s	DQ Read 164 DQ Write 194 DQ Mixed 150 121% 170 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 85%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 561GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 141 143 144 143 141 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Read 166 Write 150 Mixed 96.2 SusWrite 142 102% 139 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 220% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLE4G3D21BCE1J.8FN 4x4GB 26 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	42.4% Average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 16.9 MC Mixed 14.2 46% 16 GB/s	SC Read 6.6 SC Write 10.5 SC Mixed 7.3 23% 8.13 GB/s	Latency 118 34% 118 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 82%

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