Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	79.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	49.8% 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.

PC Performing above expectations (69^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 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Memory 92.6 1-Core 129 2-Core 253 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 487 8-Core 658 72% 572 Pts	64-Core 657 41% 657 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% MSI(1462 375A) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 440.97 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	79.7% Very good	Lighting 102 Reflection 92 Parallax 89.3 83% 94.4 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 90.4 Splatting 77.3 73% 91.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03B1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 92 51 81 50 83 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	49.8% Average	Read 290 Write 180 Mixed 154 SusWrite 79 39% 176 MB/s	4K Read 20.3 4K Write 47.2 4K Mixed 21.4 83% 29.6 MB/s	DQ Read 291 DQ Write 69.5 DQ Mixed 99.8 94% 153 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 86%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 92GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 85 87 88 87 87 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	51.4% Above average	Read 92 Write 83.8 Mixed 69.3 SusWrite 86.6 61% 82.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.7 149% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 10,150 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	58.4% Above average	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 16.7 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 22.4 SC Mixed 19.7 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 62.8 64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 63%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 39%

Jet ski

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

Sail boat

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	65x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	44x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	40x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	23x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	20x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 27,462 samples	14x

Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $435

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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