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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 above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Graphics	74.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	207% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VII FORMULA (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150326
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 08 '15 at 22:48
Run Duration	292 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 4.55 GHz (avg) Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 134 2-Core 250 88% 192 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 725 73% 593 Pts	64-Core 757 47% 757 Pts
Poor: 67% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 3988) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 9.18.13.5306 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	74.9% Very good	Lighting 96.3 Reflection 93.9 Parallax 81.9 78% 90.7 fps	MRender 93.2 Gravity 84.4 Splatting 75.2 68% 84.3 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GB-$223 7,621 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 157GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 302 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 90 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 8 (AE) Unknown 99 99 18 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 831 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 39 35 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 2048 (F1) Unknown 99 99 816 (F2) Unknown 99 99 1110	207% Outstanding	Read 1,951 Write 1,111 Mixed 1,327 323% 1,463 MB/s	4K Read 46.1 4K Write 154 4K Mixed 31.2 191% 77 MB/s	DQ Read 47.6 DQ Write 173 DQ Mixed 31.1 47% 83.7 MB/s
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 207% Great: 220%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 177 5958 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 741 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1575 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 649 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 319 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1451 (C2) HDA temperature 118 98 32 (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	75.2% Very good	Read 129 Write 133 Mixed 129 98% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 2.36 4K Mixed 0.2 100% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 88%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 784GB free Firmware: 1AG01119 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 82 82 6160 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 7601 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 14344 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8554 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3261 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 80 53 336527380 (C2) HDA temperature 73 51 453967899 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 265103 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	48.5% Average	Read 86 Write 82.9 Mixed 86.9 64% 85.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.28 78% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 59%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 327GB free Firmware: JC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 46348175 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5503 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 10992808 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5839 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2798 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 44 26358382627 (C2) HDA temperature 35 56 55834574883 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 37 30 46348175 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -22449794038954 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3106309682 (F2) Unknown 100 253 346772743	48.2% Average	Read 90.8 Write 77 Mixed 94 66% 87.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.43 94% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 68%
Lexar JumpDrive S25 USB 3.0 32GB-$13 3,792 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 15GB free, PID a838 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	33% Below average	Read 123 Write 51 Mixed 73.8 94% 82.6 MB/s	4K Read 6.27 4K Write 0.83 4K Mixed 0.71 76% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 33% Great: 33%
Generic- SD/MMC/MS/MSPRO 8GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 1GB free, PID 0307 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	6.44% Terrible	Read 21.4 Write 9.3 Mixed 12.5 16% 14.4 MB/s	4K Read 5.22 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.02 21% 1.76 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 6.44% Great: 15%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VII FORMULA - $284

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	499x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	36x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	27x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	60x
GTX 980Nvidia $500Bench 59%, 167,107 samples	52x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	47x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	25x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	23x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	19x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	29x
TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 74%, 7,519 samples	23x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	23x

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Total price: $926

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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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