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Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	65.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	72.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-AR (all builds)
Memory	4.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 01 '19 at 18:56
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1265L v3 187 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Memory 95.8 1-Core 107 2-Core 206 80% 136 Pts	4-Core 374 8-Core 574 59% 474 Pts	64-Core 579 36% 579 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AE) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2252 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65.9% Good	Lighting 81.9 Reflection 82.2 Parallax 71.9 67% 78.6 fps	MRender 81.1 Gravity 75.5 Splatting 78.8 64% 78.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 250GB-$239 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 116GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT0AB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 162 159 152 94 150 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	72.1% Very good	Read 427 Write 182 Mixed 139 SusWrite 148 49% 224 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 81.3 4K Mixed 24.2 115% 44.1 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 175 DQ Mixed 57.1 97% 195 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 85%
Synology iSCSI Storage 1TB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 959GB free Firmware: 4.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 94 99 99 98 100 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	26% Poor	Read 96.5 Write 97.7 Mixed 96.3 SusWrite 98 22% 97.1 MB/s	4K Read 10.1 4K Write 12.4 4K Mixed 11.6 37% 11.4 MB/s	DQ Read 104 DQ Write 106 DQ Mixed 127 89% 112 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 26% Great: 67%
VB0250EAVER 250GB 1,795 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 36GB free Firmware: HPG7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 137 139 140 142 130 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Read 143 Write 144 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 138 89% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 3.5 4K Mixed 1.2 227% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GB-$35 38,490 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1400 MHz clocked @ 2200 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 21.9 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 22.7 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 54.6 73% 54.6 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 67%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical Z97-AR Builds (Compare 1,209 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus Z97-AR - $140

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	578x
Core i5-4690KIntel $43Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	332x
Core i7-4790Intel $104Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	96x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	189x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	88x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	71x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	57x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	46x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	36x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	58x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	55x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	41x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $788

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