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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Boot Drive	88.2% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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	Asus Z97M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	28.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20141028
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 12 '15 at 09:27
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 118 2-Core 242 81% 180 Pts	4-Core 477 8-Core 478 64% 478 Pts	64-Core 449 28% 449 Pts
Poor: 53% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.14.4170 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 250GB-$134 26,364 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 96GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^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 100 100 331 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 92 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 7 (AE) Unknown 100 100 61 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2594 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 78 64 154619609110 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 1400349862 (F7) Unknown 100 100 43848948 (F8) Unknown 100 100 33868279	88.2% Excellent	Read 510 Write 388 Mixed 408 97% 435 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 95.5 4K Mixed 29 126% 49.8 MB/s	DQ Read 31.7 DQ Write 244 DQ Mixed 60.1 69% 112 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 100 200549152 (03) Spinup time 96 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 49 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 178686 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 213 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 32 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 62 537722910 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 493 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 34359738398 (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 62474594287756 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2154785455 (F2) Unknown 100 253 316492939	99.9% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 172 Mixed 163 128% 171 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.22 83% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 113%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 653GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 82 82 6360 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 4991 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 30449 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2173 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 84 56 268894224 (C2) HDA temperature 81 54 319225875 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 6384134 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	46.2% Average	Read 68.2 Write 92.8 Mixed 101 66% 87.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.28 4K Write 1.13 4K Mixed 0.23 58% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 59%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 2,465 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 823GB free, PID 2320 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	40.9% Average	Read 95.6 Write 97.3 Mixed 83.9 118% 92.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.34 77% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 42%

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Gaming

Gaming 42%

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Desktop

Desktop 84%

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Workstation

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97M-PLUS - $350

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	300x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	172x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	162x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	112x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	76x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	60x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	35x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	26x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	26x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	44x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	31x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	24x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $998

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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

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