Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 80.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	41.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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 (44^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 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Memory 89.6 1-Core 115 2-Core 229 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 386 8-Core 597 61% 492 Pts	64-Core 602 37% 602 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3201) 2GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 457.09 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 0.67 2% 0.67 fps
Poor: 30% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD370 128GB-$74 4,687 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1114B SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 26 32 5.7 5.4 5.2 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	41.3% Average	Read 217 Write 138 Mixed 34.5 SusWrite 20.9 22% 103 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 16.7 4K Mixed 32.5 87% 24.4 MB/s	DQ Read 26 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 38.8 40% 62.2 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 83%
Crucial BX100 500GB-$49 13,478 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 151GB free Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 338 340 352 340 339 355 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Read 375 Write 341 Mixed 286 SusWrite 344 76% 337 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 96.2 4K Mixed 44.6 148% 55.6 MB/s	DQ Read 28.4 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 44.4 43% 64.3 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 108%
WD Green 6TB (2014)-$223 4,204 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 734GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 60 107 109 80 90 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	53% Above average	Read 92.3 Write 94.5 Mixed 69.3 SusWrite 91.8 64% 87 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 197% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston MSI16D3LU1KFG/4G 2x4GB 83 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	57.3% Above average	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 20.9 MC Mixed 17.1 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 17.5 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 59%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 23%

Surfboard

Desktop 71%

Battleship

Workstation 18%

Surfboard

SSD
SSD370 128GBTranscend $74Bench 71%, 4,687 samples	23x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	5x
SSD370 256GBTranscend $110Bench 80%, 5,249 samples	3x

RAM
MSI16D3LU1MNG/8G 1x8GBKingstonBench 31%, 884 samples	25x
MSI16D3LU1MNG/4G 2x4GBKingstonBench 54%, 102 samples	5x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 31%, 37,489 samples	5x

Value: 46% - Average

Total price: $467

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $42	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