Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 77.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	63.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	33.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Memory 92 1-Core 110 2-Core 215 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 340 8-Core 577 56% 458 Pts	64-Core 569 35% 569 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 432.0 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	63.8% Good	Lighting 80.1 Reflection 85.7 Parallax 76 65% 80.6 fps	MRender 82 Gravity 75.2 Splatting 68.7 61% 75.3 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 96 102 57 121 96 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	33.1% Below average	Read 328 Write 83.5 Mixed 89.5 SusWrite 88.3 32% 147 MB/s	4K Read 16 4K Write 16 4K Mixed 9.7 45% 13.9 MB/s	DQ Read 36.8 DQ Write 14.4 DQ Mixed 15.2 14% 22.1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 86%
Toshiba MQ01ACF050 500GB-$150 24,380 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 372GB free Firmware: AV001D SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 120 122 122 121 123 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	65.9% Good	Read 108 Write 99.2 Mixed 50.3 SusWrite 122 69% 94.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 153% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B1G73DB0-CK0 Hynix HMT41GU6DFR8A-PB 16GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	57.8% Above average	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 17 57% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 19.3 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 64 62% 64 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 58%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 60%

Destroyer

Desktop 80%

Battleship

Workstation 50%

Yacht

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	83x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	72x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	68x

Value: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $627

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16