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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Graphics	54% 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	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 Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150818
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 10 '15 at 00:26
Run Duration	209 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th 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 124 2-Core 246 84% 185 Pts	4-Core 493 8-Core 483 66% 488 Pts	64-Core 493 30% 493 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 (97^th percentile)	54% Above average	Lighting 66.8 Reflection 71.5 Parallax 62.8 54% 67.1 fps	MRender 75.9 Gravity 63.5 Splatting 58.8 53% 66.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Zotac Premium Edition 240GB-$75 1,185 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 96GB free Firmware: SAFM01.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 186 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 55 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 650 (AD) Unknown 100 100 131077 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 30 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850919454 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 663	106% Outstanding	Read 527 Write 504 Mixed 496 114% 509 MB/s	4K Read 38.2 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 16.4 135% 53.5 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 352 DQ Mixed 70.5 132% 262 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 106% 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 above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2196 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 186 (AB) Unknown 100 100 40039504 (AE) Unknown 100 100 33 (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 100 100 271 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1186 (F9) Unknown 100 100 15302345	88.4% Excellent	Read 464 Write 285 Mixed 356 82% 368 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 19 136% 57.2 MB/s	DQ Read 302 DQ Write 293 DQ Mixed 51.7 106% 216 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 98%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 174 173 2291 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 97 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 108 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 96 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 31 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 65 (C2) HDA temperature 111 102 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	74.4% Very good	Read 131 Write 128 Mixed 115 94% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 0.48 4K Mixed 0.36 77% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 84GB 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 120 99 237172611 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1367 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 21796757 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10505 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 982 (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 69 51 521928735 (C2) HDA temperature 31 49 94489280543 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 35 11 237172611 (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 -132031589633153 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2239590378 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1937750475	62.6% Good	Read 114 Write 104 Mixed 101 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.36 91% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 68%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 61GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 174 4191 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1847 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14118 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1517 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 705 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1141 (C2) HDA temperature 112 91 35 (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	79.6% Very good	Read 154 Write 123 Mixed 116 98% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 2.21 4K Mixed 0.45 119% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 76%
Seagate ST9320423AS 320GB-$40 13,598 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 21GB free Firmware: 0003SDM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 156583019 (03) Spinup time 100 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1468 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 13059934621 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 14936 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1378 (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 68 45 538640416 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 5 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 130 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 38 38 125013 (C2) HDA temperature 32 55 90194313248 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 57 49 156583019 (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 -62487479178515 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1010951279 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1099084077 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	42.3% Average	Read 73.8 Write 73.6 Mixed 71.5 55% 73 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 0.97 4K Mixed 0.33 81% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 51%

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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	2,309x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,185x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	790x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	342x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	307x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	271x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	202x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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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