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Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Graphics	47.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	92.5% 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	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.

Run History

9 years ago, 9 years ago, 9 years ago, 9 years ago, 9 years ago, 9 years ago, 9 years ago, 9 years ago, 9 years ago, 9 years ago, 9 years ago, 9 years ago, 9 years ago, 9 years ago, 9 years ago, 9 years ago, 9 years ago, 9 years ago, 9 years ago, 9 years ago, 9 years ago, 9 years ago, 9 years ago, 9 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	14.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150212
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 26 '15 at 08:51
Run Duration	95 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (57^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 133 2-Core 256 89% 195 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 733 72% 589 Pts	64-Core 727 45% 727 Pts
Poor: 67% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-$329 50,279 User benchmarks, average bench 45% Zotac(19DA 1314) 3GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 9.18.13.4752 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	47.5% Average	Lighting 59.8 Reflection 52.3 Parallax 64.7 49% 58.9 fps	MRender 69.1 Gravity 49.7 Splatting 49.2 45% 56 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M6e PCIe M.2 256GB-$208 1,444 User benchmarks, average bench 117% 180GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.03 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^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 36 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 424 (B1) Unknown 100 100 7688 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 189 (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 (F1) Unknown 100 100 47269 (F2) Unknown 100 100 38892	92.5% Outstanding	Read 657 Write 537 Mixed 580 132% 591 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 74.1 4K Mixed 13.8 92% 37 MB/s	DQ Read 203 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 54 67% 122 MB/s
Poor: 87% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 129%
Seagate Constellation ES.3 1TB-$22 9,374 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 775GB free Firmware: SN04 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 63 225705357 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 372 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 103304556 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 558 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 250 (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 69 63 522125343 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 34 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 396 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 73014444063 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 25 14 225705357 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	94.9% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 159 Mixed 165 125% 165 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 2.59 4K Mixed 0.48 139% 1.32 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 103%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop

Desktop 84%

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Workstation

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-A - $150

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,325x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,197x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	421x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	795x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	343x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	310x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	274x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	202x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	139x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	252x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	154x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	120x

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Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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