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Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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.
Graphics	13.7% 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	64.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 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-970A-DS3 (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	Ð¦Ð²ÐµÑÐ°: 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20120814
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	May 19 '15 at 16:25
Run Duration	117 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	1%

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
AMD FX-8120 25,690 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 63.2 2-Core 121 42% 92.2 Pts	4-Core 213 8-Core 367 35% 290 Pts	64-Core 368 23% 368 Pts
Poor: 46% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 460-$203 31,648 User benchmarks, average bench 12% MSI(1462 2381) 1GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 9.18.13.3165 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	13.7% Very poor	Lighting 16.2 Reflection 19.3 Parallax 14.8 13% 16.8 fps	MRender 16.3 Gravity 17.3 Splatting 19 14% 17.5 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 13.7% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M6 Pro 256GB-$110 927 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 96GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 20 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 57 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 35 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 2749 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1472 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 41 (F1) Unknown 100 100 667 (F2) Unknown 100 100 481	64.7% Good	Read 456 Write 419 Mixed 452 99% 442 MB/s	4K Read 18.2 4K Write 46.8 4K Mixed 11.3 67% 25.4 MB/s	DQ Read 19.1 DQ Write 43 DQ Mixed 11.5 14% 24.5 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 111%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 135GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 170497039 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3329 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 264140103 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 8868 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1621 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 79 79 21 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 17180131486 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 43 47849799710 (C2) HDA temperature 30 57 55834574878 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 41 28 170497039 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -128355097627686 (F1) Unknown 100 253 771272836 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2333956380	53.9% Above average	Read 96.1 Write 91.6 Mixed 90.3 70% 92.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.42 97% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 70%

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Gaming

Gaming 21%

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Desktop

Desktop 67%

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Workstation

Workstation 17%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-970A-DS3 - $149

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	61x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	46x
FX-6100AMD $68Bench 54%, 44,863 samples	33x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	18x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	18x
GTX 650Nvidia $112Bench 8%, 69,673 samples	18x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	23x
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	8x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	8x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	63x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	59x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	33x

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Total price: $366

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