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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 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.
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 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.

System	MSI MS-7758
Motherboard	MSI Z77A-G43 (MS-7758) (all builds)
Memory	8.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20121228
Uptime	6 Days
Run Date	Apr 04 '14 at 22:56
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500K-$246 143,007 User benchmarks, average bench 66% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 106 2-Core 214 72% 160 Pts	4-Core 410 8-Core 406 55% 408 Pts	64-Core 391 24% 391 Pts
Poor: 44% Great: 79%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force SSD 120GB 351 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 6GB free Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 92 92 169516219 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 127466039427782 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 490 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 290 (B1) Unknown 0 0 15 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 169516219 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 169516219 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 169516219 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 20686 (EA) Unknown 0 0 19329 (F1) Unknown 0 0 19329 (F2) Unknown 0 0 12586	31.3% Below average	Read 132 Write 71.6 Mixed 90.9 22% 98.1 MB/s	4K Read 15.9 4K Write 44.6 4K Mixed 8.75 59% 23.1 MB/s	DQ Read 128 DQ Write 79.4 DQ Mixed 6.05 31% 71.1 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 31.3% Great: 55%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 3.5TB free Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 100 253 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 144 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 26 (C2) HDA temperature 123 118 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	79.6% Very good	Read 131 Write 146 Mixed 136 104% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 2.18 4K Mixed 0.29 96% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 100%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 69GB free Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 167 1350 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1071 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 21823 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 608 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 462 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 65 65 407948 (C2) HDA temperature 123 106 27 (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	44.4% Average	Read 91.8 Write 63 Mixed 70.7 56% 75.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.28 4K Write 0.98 4K Mixed 0.12 43% 0.46 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 67%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 52GB free Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 135 129 6250 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1692 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 26050 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 854 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 672 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 9 9 574532 (C2) HDA temperature 116 98 31 (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 1	34.9% Below average	Read 58.8 Write 62.7 Mixed 51.8 43% 57.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.2 68% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 34.9% Great: 59%

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Gaming 41%

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Desktop 76%

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Workstation 32%

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Motherboard: MSI Z77A-G43 (MS-7758)

CPU
Core i5-3570KIntel $136Bench 68%, 185,516 samples	480x
Core i7-3770Intel $297Bench 69%, 278,207 samples	344x
Core i7-3770KIntel $175Bench 72%, 165,979 samples	248x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	141x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	135x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	124x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	60x
MX500 500GBCrucial $49Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	55x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	54x

RAM
Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 78,181 samples	48x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBCorsairBench 48%, 73,650 samples	42x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 53%, 47,852 samples	35x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $280

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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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