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Gaming
Gaming 68%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 53%
Yacht
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PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
ProcessorWith an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 88.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics74.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive78.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory8GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)
MotherboardAsus Z87-A  (all builds)
Memory5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140815
Uptime0.9 Days
Run DateFeb 10 '19 at 16:03
Run Duration125 Seconds
Run User EGY-User
Background CPU4%

 PC Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
88.1% Excellent
Memory 94.6
1-Core 124
2-Core 245
87% 155 Pts
4-Core 472
8-Core 476
63% 474 Pts
64-Core 464
29% 464 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑
This bench: 88.1%
 Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500
Gigabyte(1458 367C) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1657 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.82
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
74.8% Very good
Lighting 97
Reflection 95.6
Parallax 84.1
79% 92.2 fps
MRender 85.4
Gravity 84.5
Splatting 76
66% 82 fps
Poor: 53% ↑
This bench: 74.8%
 Great: 66%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung SM841 2.5" 7mm 128GB
65GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1D0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 320 356 340 363 365 352 MB/s
Performing as expected (54th percentile)
78.7% Very good
Read 409
Write 269
Mixed 212
SusWrite 349
69% 310 MB/s
4K Read 28.3
4K Write 64.6
4K Mixed 26.4
111% 39.8 MB/s
DQ Read 259
DQ Write 75.3
DQ Mixed 84.3
84% 139 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑
This bench: 78.7%
 Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50
270GB free
Firmware: CC27
SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 192 190 192 195 193 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
112% Outstanding
Read 198
Write 198
Mixed 87.2
SusWrite 192
123% 169 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.9
162% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑
This bench: 112%
 Great: 114%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
HyperX Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB
2 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
59.7% Above average
MC Read 21.3
MC Write 21.4
MC Mixed 18.2
58% 20.3 GB/s
SC Read 16.1
SC Write 21.6
SC Mixed 17.7
53% 18.5 GB/s
Latency 58.2
69% 58.2 ns
Poor: 30% ↑
This bench: 59.7%
 Great: 62%
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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 60%
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Desktop
Desktop 80%
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Workstation
Workstation 50%
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Motherboard: Asus Z87-A - $299

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel  $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples833x
Core i5-4670KIntel  $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples749x
Core i7-4770Intel  $75Bench 70%, 176,321 samples345x
GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia  $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples237x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia  $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples206x
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples187x
SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung  $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples101x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples91x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung  $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples87x
RAM
HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 50%, 19,207 samples83x
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples71x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples67x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 97% - Outstanding Total price: $631
The Best.
CPUGPUSSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $261Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182Nvidia RTX 4070 $409Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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