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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 (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Graphics	55.3% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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

8 years ago, 8 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	6.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150818
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 07 '15 at 04:18
Run Duration	211 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 123 2-Core 252 85% 188 Pts	4-Core 500 8-Core 489 66% 494 Pts	64-Core 498 31% 498 Pts
Poor: 53% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Zotac(19DA 2370) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5850 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	55.3% Above average	Lighting 68.7 Reflection 74.4 Parallax 64.2 56% 69.1 fps	MRender 77.5 Gravity 64.7 Splatting 59.2 54% 67.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Zotac Premium Edition 240GB-$75 1,185 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 150GB free Firmware: SAFM01.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 132 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 25 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 650 (AD) Unknown 100 100 131076 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 11 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850919454 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 582	102% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 498 Mixed 507 113% 506 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 15.8 124% 50.2 MB/s	DQ Read 353 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 72 131% 259 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 109%
OCZ ARC 100 120GB-$82 4,735 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2GB free Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2150 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 159 (AB) Unknown 100 100 40039504 (AE) Unknown 100 100 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 6 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 258 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1123 (F9) Unknown 100 100 14827539	84.3% Excellent	Read 449 Write 285 Mixed 356 81% 363 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 19 123% 51.8 MB/s	DQ Read 308 DQ Write 293 DQ Mixed 52.4 107% 218 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 98%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 76GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 194555240 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1351 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 21746596 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10452 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 966 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 1 1 792 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 12885098499 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 58 51 707395626 (C2) HDA temperature 42 49 94489280554 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 37 11 194555240 (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 92672509358874 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2164636454 (F2) Unknown 100 253 486259161	63.3% Good	Read 114 Write 107 Mixed 104 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.35 93% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 68%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$39 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 61GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 186 174 3691 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1831 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14065 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1501 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 702 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1128 (C2) HDA temperature 102 91 45 (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	77.6% Very good	Read 153 Write 117 Mixed 121 98% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 2.23 4K Mixed 0.43 119% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 76%
Seagate ST9320423AS 320GB-$40 13,598 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 24GB free Firmware: 0003SDM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 243506419 (03) Spinup time 100 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1451 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 13059877268 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14888 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1361 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BC) Unknown 100 96 34360328340 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 45 656867367 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 5 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 126 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 39 39 123922 (C2) HDA temperature 39 55 90194313255 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 57 49 243506419 (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 -7026566485301 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2423778834 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2172326166 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	41.1% Average	Read 75.5 Write 67.7 Mixed 70.4 54% 71.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 0.86 4K Mixed 0.43 91% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 51%
WD Black 640GB (2008)-$25 19,988 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 14 (03) Spinup time 183 169 3850 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3931 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 20589 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3050 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 2000 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1930 (C2) HDA temperature 106 86 41 (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 22902 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 2	41.5% Average	Read 74.9 Write 69.5 Mixed 59.6 51% 68 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.33 96% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 65%

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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	2,303x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,184x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	789x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	341x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	307x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	270x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	201x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	137x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	248x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	151x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	120x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $798

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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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