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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 (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Graphics	76.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	114% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	26.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150624
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 16 '19 at 01:47
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 125 2-Core 232 82% 178 Pts	4-Core 406 8-Core 641 64% 523 Pts	64-Core 644 40% 644 Pts
Poor: 67% Great: 87%

Graphics Cards	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. 20.19.15.5063 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	76.6% Very good	Lighting 91.5 Reflection 97.3 Parallax 76.5 74% 88.4 fps	MRender 96.1 Gravity 97.1 Splatting 101 81% 98.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 323GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 440 386 373 357 350 351 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 462 Write 421 Mixed 382 SusWrite 376 92% 410 MB/s	4K Read 38.2 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 54.4 181% 64.7 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 359 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 134%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 707GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 148 148 149 148 148 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Read 151 Write 138 Mixed 79.5 SusWrite 148 95% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 232% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 109%
Seagate Expansion Desk 3TB 13,194 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1.5TB free Firmware: 9401 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 69 68 64 64 62 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	68.1% Good	Read 173 Write 71.3 Mixed 9.3 SusWrite 64.8 57% 79.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.4 79% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 103%

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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 Z97-A-USB31

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	850x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	246x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	125x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	205x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	127x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	80x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	93x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	90x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	39x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	69x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	65x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	46x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

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Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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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