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Performance Results


Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	126% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 17 '20 at 22:58
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Memory 94.8 1-Core 125 2-Core 240 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 387 8-Core 651 63% 519 Pts	64-Core 647 40% 647 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 442.59 Performing below potential (64^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	126% Outstanding	Lighting 175 Reflection 190 Parallax 189 142% 184 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 169 Splatting 121 111% 137 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZVLB256HAHQ-00000 256GB 13,215 User benchmarks, average bench 190% 1GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXD7201Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 689 Write 202 Mixed 578 108% 490 MB/s	4K Read 59.7 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 74.1 249% 84.8 MB/s	DQ Read 764 DQ Write 611 DQ Mixed 926 628% 767 MB/s
Poor: 119% Great: 249%
Micron_M500_MTFDDAK960MAV 960GB 535 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 24GB free Firmware: MU07 SusWrite @10s intervals: 332 300 120 75 19 28 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Read 423 Write 390 Mixed 306 SusWrite 146 71% 316 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 35.9 140% 55.6 MB/s	DQ Read 322 DQ Write 194 DQ Mixed 180 155% 232 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 98%
Samsung MZQLW1T9HMJP-000AZ 2TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 197% 1.5TB free Firmware: CXV83W1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 550 559 576 593 598 598 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	161% Outstanding	Read 707 Write 588 Mixed 507 SusWrite 579 134% 595 MB/s	4K Read 43.7 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 59.7 215% 79.9 MB/s	DQ Read 767 DQ Write 628 DQ Mixed 803 572% 732 MB/s
Poor: 161% ↑ This bench: 161% Great: 233%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$125 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 51GB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 123 124 123 123 123 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	Read 144 Write 145 Mixed 23.3 SusWrite 122 78% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 168% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 108%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$27 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 98GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 98 100 99 99 99 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	54.7% Above average	Read 92 Write 81 Mixed 62.5 SusWrite 98.5 62% 83.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 173% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 109%
Mass Storage Device 32GB 3,072 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 26GB free, PID 1212 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 18 18 19 19 18 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	16.2% Very poor	Read 18.5 Write 17.3 Mixed 17.7 SusWrite 18.3 24% 18 MB/s	4K Read 5.2 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 3.8 240% 3.9 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 16.2% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/4G KHX1866C10D3/8G KHX1866C10D3/4G KHX1866C10D3/8G 24GB 528 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	68.3% Good	MC Read 24.5 MC Write 25.3 MC Mixed 21.4 68% 23.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 20.7 57% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 57.6 70% 57.6 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 73%

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Typical Z97-A Builds (Compare 5,186 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus Z97-A - $150

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,378x
Core i5-4690KIntel $54Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,224x
Core i7-4790Intel $115Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	439x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	812x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	355x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	314x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	282x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	207x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	140x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	259x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	160x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	124x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $798

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $164	Nvidia RTX 4060 $299	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-12400F $112	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $380	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $75
Intel Core i5-13600K $218	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $400