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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 (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Graphics	52.3% 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	94.8% 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	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 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.

System	MSI MS-7866
Motherboard	MSI Z87M GAMING (MS-7866) (all builds)
Memory	20.4 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140718
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 25 '15 at 03:42
Run Duration	295 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 111 2-Core 219 75% 165 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 427 57% 426 Pts	64-Core 428 26% 428 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% Asus(1043 8508) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 9.18.13.4752 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	52.3% Above average	Lighting 64.6 Reflection 69.3 Parallax 62.4 53% 65.5 fps	MRender 74 Gravity 61.1 Splatting 56.7 52% 63.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ ARC 100 240GB-$120 11,799 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3877 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 25 (AB) Unknown 100 100 82967376 (AE) Unknown 100 100 7 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 172 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 95 95 95 (F1) Unknown 100 100 5049 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2400 (F9) Unknown 100 100 234256017	94.8% Outstanding	Read 458 Write 416 Mixed 435 97% 436 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 22.6 126% 52.8 MB/s	DQ Read 286 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 67.3 119% 232 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 101%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 181GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 77 71 7107 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7496 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 10596 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 152 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 6 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 7533 (C2) HDA temperature 64 37 270584053796 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 27 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 10596 (F1) Unknown 96 89 6377073 (F2) Unknown 98 88 3467810 (FE) Unknown 100 100 1	72.6% Very good	Read 117 Write 136 Mixed 122 94% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 2.84 4K Mixed 0.33 112% 1.24 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 75%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$64 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 134GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 190 186 6483 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2105 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 55 55 33345 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 60 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 39 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 826998 (C2) HDA temperature 111 94 36 (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	35.5% Below average	Read 62.2 Write 61.4 Mixed 58.7 46% 60.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.27 80% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 35.5% Great: 57%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 94GB free Firmware: CC3E Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 97885938 (03) Spinup time 95 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 10060 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 12899321466 (09) Power-on hours count 58 58 37321 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 200 (B7) Unknown 86 86 14 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 93 261997002814 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 40 1465290915878 (C2) HDA temperature 38 60 85899345958 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 22 13 97885938 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 25789 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -129072357165023 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2897247509 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2066040146	47.8% Average	Read 83 Write 83.3 Mixed 79.7 62% 82 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.26 4K Mixed 0.44 101% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 68%
WD WD3000GLFS-01F8U0 300GB 3,689 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 38GB free Firmware: 03.03V01 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 198 196 3066 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6925 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 29 29 52446 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 680 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 153 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6925 (C2) HDA temperature 112 78 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	55.6% Above average	Read 96.3 Write 96.9 Mixed 73.5 66% 88.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.53 139% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 68%
Lexar CF USB_3_0 Read 4GB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 1GB free, PID b049 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	6.18% Terrible	Read 14.7 Write 12.8 Mixed 13.1 17% 13.5 MB/s	4K Read 5.05 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.02 20% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 6.18% Great: 17%

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Desktop 80%

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Workstation

Workstation 33%

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Motherboard: MSI Z87M GAMING (MS-7866) - $230

CPU
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	60x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	59x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	28x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	29x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	21x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	18x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	17x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	12x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	9x

RAM
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GBG.SKILLBench 51%, 4,160 samples	14x
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 51%, 21,220 samples	9x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	8x

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Total price: $630

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Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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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