Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 81%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	3.27% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	41.6% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

PC Performing as expected (50^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% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	81% Excellent	Memory 88 1-Core 105 2-Core 227 79% 140 Pts	4-Core 400 8-Core 581 61% 490 Pts	64-Core 575 36% 575 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Nvidia(10DE 1117) 2GB CLim: 700 MHz, MLim: 333 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 364.72 Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	3.27% Terrible	Lighting 3.9 Reflection 5.5 Parallax 1.2 3% 3.53 fps	MRender 5.3 Gravity 4.5 Splatting 3.3 3% 4.37 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.27% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0105A SusWrite @10s intervals: 349 9.8 70 75 57 13 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	41.6% Average	Read 456 Write 381 Mixed 28.1 SusWrite 95.8 53% 240 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 12.1 4K Mixed 0.9 44% 12.4 MB/s	DQ Read 253 DQ Write 5.7 DQ Mixed 0.4 32% 86.4 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 100%
Seagate ST2000DM005-2CW102 2TB 18,723 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 586GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 123 125 121 124 120 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	60% Good	Read 88.3 Write 102 Mixed 66.6 SusWrite 121 69% 94.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 68% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 128 134 131 129 128 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	62.3% Good	Read 89.9 Write 104 Mixed 67.6 SusWrite 127 71% 97.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 76% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99P5474-014.A00LF 99P5474-013.A00LF 8GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1333, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	49.9% Average	MC Read 18 MC Write 17.4 MC Mixed 14.8 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 16.6 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 69.6 58% 69.6 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 50%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 61%

Destroyer

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

GPU
HD 2000 (Desktop 1.1 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 150,891 samples	1,322x
SVGA 3DVmwareBench 20%, 11,474 samples	1,143x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	1,049x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	826x
Virtual NVMe Disk 64GBVmwareBench 62%, 2,103 samples	457x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	427x

Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $325

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16