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Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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.
Graphics	70.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	59.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3 (all builds)
Memory	21 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140509
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 28 '15 at 12:11
Run Duration	393 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	4%

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 i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 110 2-Core 216 74% 163 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 609 64% 511 Pts	64-Core 624 39% 624 Pts
Poor: 60% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 9.18.13.5012 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	70.5% Very good	Lighting 90.1 Reflection 92.7 Parallax 81.5 73% 88.1 fps	MRender 83.9 Gravity 81.8 Splatting 74 65% 79.9 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 60GB 1,135 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 23828479469896 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1012 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 407 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 107 107 15427877 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 407 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 337028 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 42 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 337028 (F2) Unknown 100 100 247062 (F9) Unknown 100 100 13535	59.4% Above average	Read 462 Write 77 Mixed 128 48% 222 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 80 4K Mixed 15.8 110% 42.3 MB/s	DQ Read 121 DQ Write 82.8 DQ Mixed 28.4 41% 77.4 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 74%
WD Blue 500GB (2007)-$80 10,362 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 182GB free Firmware: 12.01C02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 224 14 3766 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5586 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 38 38 45922 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1423 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 296 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5594 (C2) HDA temperature 116 86 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	34.5% Below average	Read 61.3 Write 58.6 Mixed 61.5 46% 60.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.42 107% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 34.5% Great: 51%
ACTIONS HS USB FlashDisk 4GB 149 User benchmarks, average bench 3% 3GB free, PID null Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	4.51% Terrible	Read 16.5 Write 3.08 Mixed 4.6 8% 8.05 MB/s	4K Read 5.94 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.01 23% 1.99 MB/s
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 4.51% Great: 4%

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Typical GA-Z97P-D3 Builds (Compare 2,640 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming

Gaming 38%

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Desktop

Desktop 79%

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Workstation

Workstation 30%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97P-D3

CPU
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	621x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	541x
Core i5-4460Intel $194Bench 62%, 245,403 samples	359x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	307x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	227x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	207x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	159x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	118x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	92x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	147x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	65x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	62x

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Value: 53% - Above average

Total price: $353

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Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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

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