Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 85.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	3.85% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	83.9% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

PC Performing above expectations (80^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Memory 93.1 1-Core 116 2-Core 231 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 574 63% 499 Pts	64-Core 575 36% 575 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 710 187,161 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8572) 2GB CLim: 954 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 419.17 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	3.85% Terrible	Lighting 4.57 Reflection 4.38 Parallax 4.41 4% 4.45 fps	MRender 4.62 Gravity 3.9 Splatting 6.09 4% 4.87 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.85% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD370S 128GB-$70 10,510 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 66GB free (System drive) Firmware: P1225CH1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 168 171 173 173 173 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Read 509 Write 173 Mixed 223 SusWrite 171 59% 269 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 98.6 4K Mixed 37.7 143% 54.7 MB/s	DQ Read 246 DQ Write 173 DQ Mixed 153 130% 191 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 90%
WD Blue 2.5" 320GB (2009)-$71 42,987 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 195GB free Firmware: 11.01A11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 64 64 64 65 64 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	37.1% Below average	Read 65.8 Write 62.8 Mixed 44 SusWrite 63.3 44% 59 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 143% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 41%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 675GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 144 144 142 144 140 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Read 154 Write 121 Mixed 76.2 SusWrite 142 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 145% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown U3A8G93-16GBHE3B00 2x8GB 26 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	60.2% Good	MC Read 22 MC Write 21.5 MC Mixed 17.7 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 21 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 62 65% 62 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 60%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 61%

Destroyer

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	53x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	41x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	29x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	25x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	19x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	14x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	35x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	24x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	11x

Value: 50% - Average

Total price: $384

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16