Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 55% Yacht	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (17th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 83 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 43.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	76% 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	44.5% 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.

System	Gigabyte Z97X-SLI
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-SLI-CF (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150421
Uptime	16.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 25 '21 at 23:29
Run Duration	242 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing way below expectations (17^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 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 0.9 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	43.3% Average	Memory 73.1 1-Core 23.3 2-Core 90.1 40% 62.2 Pts	4-Core 84.5 8-Core 68.8 11% 76.7 Pts	64-Core 75 5% 75 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$400 619,642 User benchmarks, average bench 148% Nvidia(10DE 146B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 472.12 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76% Very good	Lighting 77.2 Reflection 118 Parallax 146 63% 114 fps	MRender 134 Gravity 117 Splatting 122 101% 124 fps
Poor: 135% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 158%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandis SD8SBAT128G1122 128GB 73 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z2320000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 142 160 150 145 165 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	44.5% Average	Read 329 Write 162 Mixed 114 SusWrite 153 42% 189 MB/s	4K Read 16.7 4K Write 38 4K Mixed 11 60% 21.9 MB/s	DQ Read 101 DQ Write 102 DQ Mixed 67.4 60% 90.3 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 69%
Toshib DT01ACA200 2TB 577 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 765GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 128 131 131 132 133 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Read 175 Write 177 Mixed 21.8 SusWrite 131 91% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.5 140% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 109%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 1,619 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 481GB free, PID a00e Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 32 35 33 34 37 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	18.7% Very poor	Read 38.9 Write 34.1 Mixed 23.6 SusWrite 34.2 43% 32.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 86% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 18.7% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C10 2x8GB 3,028 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	17.8% Very poor	MC Read 5.9 MC Write 4.5 MC Mixed 6.7 16% 5.7 GB/s	SC Read 4.8 SC Write 2.3 SC Mixed 4.3 11% 3.8 GB/s	Latency 94.3 42% 94.3 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 17.8% Great: 79%

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

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	269x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	126x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	115x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	72x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	53x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	46x

Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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