Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 80.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	9.82% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	84.8% 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 (63^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Memory 91.4 1-Core 109 2-Core 217 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 376 8-Core 592 60% 484 Pts	64-Core 598 37% 598 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Gigabyte(1458 227D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.20 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	9.82% Terrible	Lighting 0.03 Reflection 34.1 Parallax 45.7 0% 26.6 fps	MRender 29.5 Gravity 33.9 Splatting 39.9 29% 34.4 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 9.82% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk X300 128GB-$170 2,748 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: X3510000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 173 174 172 171 170 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Read 394 Write 268 Mixed 266 SusWrite 174 62% 276 MB/s	4K Read 31.5 4K Write 99 4K Mixed 39.8 151% 56.8 MB/s	DQ Read 325 DQ Write 214 DQ Mixed 201 168% 246 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 92%
WD Red 1TB (2012)-$62 37,583 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 906GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 0.4 0.1 0.3 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	40.5% Average	Read 140 Write 134 Mixed 54.6 SusWrite 0.3 60% 82.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.6 150% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 2,252 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	58.9% Above average	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 21.4 MC Mixed 17 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 19.9 55% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 65.1 61% 65.1 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 76%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 56%

Gunboat

Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 44%

Speed boat

RAM
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	84x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	77x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples	74x

Value: 92% - Outstanding

Total price: $532

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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