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Gaming
Gaming 13%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 13%
Tree trunk
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PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics2.75% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive111% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough 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
4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)
MotherboardAsus X99-A  (all builds)
Memory13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farver
OSWindows 8.1
BIOS Date20141016
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJul 03 '19 at 18:29
Run Duration122 Seconds
Run User DNK-User
Background CPU0%

 PC Performing above expectations (77th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-5820K-$130
SOCKET 2011, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
88.9% Excellent
Memory 93.8
1-Core 120
2-Core 236
85% 150 Pts
4-Core 452
8-Core 747
73% 600 Pts
64-Core 945
58% 945 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑
This bench: 88.9%
 Great: 88%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Asus R9 290X
Asus(1043 046C) ≥ 4GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1001.0
Relative performance (0th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
2.75% Terrible
Lighting 5.03
Reflection 72
Parallax 83.6
4% 53.5 fps
MRender 0.14
Gravity 0.13
Splatting 0.17
0% 0.15 fps
Poor: 49% ↑
This bench: 2.75%
 Great: 60%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100
29GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT01B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 381 281 287 277 283 283 MB/s
Performing above expectations (68th percentile)
111% Outstanding
Read 479
Write 466
Mixed 399
SusWrite 299
92% 410 MB/s
4K Read 39.8
4K Write 99.6
4K Mixed 55
184% 64.8 MB/s
DQ Read 379
DQ Write 336
DQ Mixed 355
267% 357 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑
This bench: 111%
 Great: 124%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82
77GB free
Firmware: 82.00A82
SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 120 116 120 119 121 MB/s
Performing above expectations (65th percentile)
72% Very good
Read 132
Write 122
Mixed 69.5
SusWrite 119
81% 111 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.7
4K Mixed 1
194% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑
This bench: 72%
 Great: 86%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB
4 of 8 slots used
16GB DIMM 2133 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing above expectations (80th percentile)
102% Outstanding
MC Read 39.2
MC Write 40.8
MC Mixed 36.4
111% 38.8 GB/s
SC Read 14.8
SC Write 22
SC Mixed 22.2
56% 19.7 GB/s
Latency 60.2
66% 60.2 ns
Poor: 68% ↑
This bench: 102%
 Great: 117%
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 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming
Gaming 45%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 82%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 41%
Speed boat

Motherboard: Asus X99-A - $240

CPU
Core i7-5820KIntel  $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples1,234x
Core i7-5930KIntel  $70Bench 80%, 34,039 samples327x
Core i7-5960XIntel  $285Bench 80%, 15,468 samples144x
GPU
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples171x
GTX 1080Nvidia  $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples128x
RTX 3060Nvidia  $250Bench 100%, 447,556 samples109x
SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung  $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples86x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung  $96Bench 310%, 455,997 samples63x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung  $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples47x
RAM
Ballistix Sport DDR4 2400 C16 4x4GBCrucial  $84Bench 97%, 1,914 samples34x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 4x4GBCorsair  $115Bench 88%, 5,380 samples32x
16ATF1G64AZ-2G1A1 2x8GBMicronBench 68%, 1,302 samples27x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $744
The Best.
CPUGPUSSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163Nvidia RTX 4070 $539Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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