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Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	75.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-K (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151207
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 08 '16 at 19:24
Run Duration	486 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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-$115 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Memory 92.4 1-Core 125 2-Core 250 87% 156 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 656 70% 557 Pts	64-Core 657 41% 657 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4404 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$95 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 77GB free Firmware: 608ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 7849357 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -101722005438044 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 19 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 15 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 30 32 90196410398 (C2) HDA temperature 30 32 90196410398 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 7849357 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 7849357 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 7849357 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 111669149696 (E9) Unknown 0 0 1112 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2100 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2100 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1541 (F4) Unknown 100 100 1048580	74.5% Very good	Read 508 Write 235 Mixed 312 77% 352 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 15 118% 50 MB/s	DQ Read 35.1 DQ Write 236 DQ Mixed 61.7 69% 111 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 85%
ST120HM001-1G6142 120GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: C675 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 1796 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 18627 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1614 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 33 0 68723015713 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 98 90 (E7) Temperature 46 46 55 (EA) Unknown 100 100 366976 (F1) Unknown 100 100 45970 (F2) Unknown 100 100 37740 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 4877	75.1% Very good	Read 508 Write 263 Mixed 305 79% 359 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 96.9 4K Mixed 16.9 109% 45.9 MB/s	DQ Read 27.9 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 15.3 54% 111 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 88%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$61 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 355GB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 125734160 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5617 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 180937637 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 16566 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1442 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 50 504889374 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 56 56 89468 (C2) HDA temperature 30 50 73014444062 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 129205501174821 (F1) Unknown 100 253 26363571971 (F2) Unknown 100 253 310349333872	75.4% Very good	Read 140 Write 123 Mixed 126 98% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.14 63% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$18 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 79GB free Firmware: KC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 99 1992 (03) Spinup time 99 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5914 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 408871111 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14651 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1612 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 56 571998242 (C2) HDA temperature 34 44 68719476770 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 34 31 1992 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -132224863160036 (F1) Unknown 100 253 767678945 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2027805051	66.7% Good	Read 113 Write 120 Mixed 106 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.09 4K Mixed 0.78 131% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 88%
WD My Book Essentials 1TB 3,704 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 545GB free, PID 1110 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	17.8% Very poor	Read 35.8 Write 36.6 Mixed 33.9 46% 35.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.1 55% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 17.8% Great: 20%
ST320005 42AS 2TB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 93GB free, PID 0370 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	18.9% Very poor	Read 38.3 Write 42 Mixed 40 52% 40.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.33 58% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 18.9% Great: 19%
Generic Flash Disk 4GB 16,068 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 1GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	5.03% Terrible	Read 20.3 Write 3.76 Mixed 4.74 9% 9.58 MB/s	4K Read 5.36 4K Write 0.005 4K Mixed 0.005 20% 1.79 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 5.03% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMV8GX3M1A1600C11 1302 PSD38G16002 16GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1648, 1648 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	60.8% Good	MC Read 22.3 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 17.7 59% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 21.3 59% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 63.4 63% 63.4 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 59%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-K - $147

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	910x
Core i7-4790Intel $115Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	681x
Core i5-4690KIntel $54Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	510x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	347x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	202x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	170x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	96x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	74x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	74x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	151x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	134x
CT102464BA160B.C16 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 11,058 samples	44x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4060 $291	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $135
Intel Core i5-12400F $112	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $390	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $85
Intel Core i5-13600K $215	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $350