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Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 97.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	61.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	50.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	8.4 GB free of 12 GB @ 2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Sep 22 '16 at 07:15
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	Memory 97.6 1-Core 136 2-Core 265 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 521 8-Core 744 79% 632 Pts	64-Core 742 46% 742 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 36E1) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7270 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	61.6% Good	Lighting 78.2 Reflection 78.3 Parallax 69 64% 75.2 fps	MRender 78.3 Gravity 69.9 Splatting 64.7 57% 71 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force GT 120GB-$155 13,464 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 109 23341331 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 41463614289640 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2162 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 1018 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 28 42 60132294684 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 23341331 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 23341331 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 23341331 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 23006 (EA) Unknown 0 0 24764 (F1) Unknown 0 0 24764 (F2) Unknown 0 0 34091	50.8% Above average	Read 423 Write 128 Mixed 195 54% 249 MB/s	4K Read 16.9 4K Write 48.5 4K Mixed 11.5 66% 25.6 MB/s	DQ Read 153 DQ Write 146 DQ Mixed 37.8 59% 112 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 83%
Kingston SV300S37A120G 51GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 1GB free Firmware: 600A Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	48.6% Average	Read 425 Write 109 Mixed 157 50% 230 MB/s	4K Read 17.8 4K Write 54.3 4K Mixed 12.1 71% 28 MB/s	DQ Read 70.1 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 22.9 37% 70.1 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 73%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB 13,609 User benchmarks, average bench 146% 768GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Read 201 Write 123 Mixed 149 119% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 3.53 4K Mixed 0.67 170% 1.64 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 213%
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 26,179 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 22GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 215 155 4233 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6855 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 17294 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1768 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 98 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6851 (C2) HDA temperature 118 99 32 (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	40% Below average	Read 69.1 Write 70 Mixed 74 54% 71 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.36 92% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 2000 C9 3x4GB 60 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 3 of 4 slots used 12GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2000 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	57.7% Above average	MC Read 19.7 MC Write 19.7 MC Mixed 17 54% 18.8 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 19 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 47.8 84% 47.8 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 67%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	1,450x
Core i5-4690KIntel $58Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	563x
Core i7-4790Intel $115Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	304x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	478x
GTX 1070Nvidia $170Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	224x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	183x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	195x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	110x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	74x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	129x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	112x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	104x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
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Intel Core i5-12400F $112	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $380	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $75
Intel Core i5-13600K $248	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $350