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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 as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Graphics	34.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	81% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 01 '14 at 22:27
Run Duration	409 Seconds
Run User	JOR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 112 2-Core 221 76% 167 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 607 62% 499 Pts	64-Core 625 39% 625 Pts
Poor: 58% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% MSI(1462 2825) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 9.18.13.4411 Performing below potential (62^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	34.4% Below average	Lighting 42.5 Reflection 39.3 Parallax 49.9 35% 43.9 fps	MRender 53.2 Gravity 37.4 Splatting 36.6 34% 42.4 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 34.4% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 155GB free (System drive) Firmware: 541ABBF0 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 95 95 14554040 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 50809463111706 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 29 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 11 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 31 37 90196738079 (C2) HDA temperature 31 37 90196738079 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 14554040 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 14554040 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 14554040 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 116 (EA) Unknown 0 0 186 (F1) Unknown 0 0 186 (F2) Unknown 0 0 128	81% Excellent	Read 499 Write 323 Mixed 391 90% 404 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 10.8 123% 53 MB/s	DQ Read 31.1 DQ Write 277 DQ Mixed 72.4 80% 127 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 85%
WD Purple 2TB (2014)-$67 19,126 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 213 174 2316 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 44 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 25 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 27 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 9 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 34 (C2) HDA temperature 118 114 29 (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	46.1% Average	Read 79.8 Write 80.5 Mixed 77.3 60% 79.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.13 4K Mixed 0.16 86% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 86%
Generic Flash Disk 2GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 1GB free, PID 1234 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	4.41% Terrible	Read 12.8 Write 2.79 Mixed 2.56 6% 6.04 MB/s	4K Read 8.12 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.01 31% 2.71 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.41% Great: 6%

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Gaming

Gaming 42%

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Desktop

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 - $169

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	1,220x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	633x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	398x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	481x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	200x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	198x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	160x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	76x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	69x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	136x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	99x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	97x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $817

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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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