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Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Boot Drive	64.8% 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 8 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A-USB31 (all builds)
Memory	14.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
OS	Windows 8
BIOS Date	20150127
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 18 '15 at 00:24
Run Duration	231 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (60^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 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 128 2-Core 253 86% 190 Pts	4-Core 485 8-Core 687 74% 586 Pts	64-Core 691 43% 691 Pts
Poor: 67% Great: 87%

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. 10.18.14.4156 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 83GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 86 86 7481586 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 -28501402972913 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 508 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 74 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 7481586 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 7481586 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 7481586 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 1397 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1702 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1702 (F2) Unknown 0 0 2659	64.8% Good	Read 486 Write 130 Mixed 201 59% 272 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 73.8 4K Mixed 16.5 105% 40 MB/s	DQ Read 169 DQ Write 138 DQ Mixed 45.4 64% 118 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 82%
Hitachi HDS721010DLE630 1TB-$150 19,279 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 931GB free Firmware: MS2OA610 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 141 141 74 (03) Spinup time 117 117 17192648899 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2319 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 118 118 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2341 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 281 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2321 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2321 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 184684642334 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	88.9% Excellent	Read 155 Write 155 Mixed 160 118% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.17 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.11 46% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 99%
WDC WD50 00AACS-00G8B1 500GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 341GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	38.2% Below average	Read 90.9 Write 80.2 Mixed 75.6 104% 82.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.28 93% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 38.2% Great: 38%
Maxtor 7 Y250M0 250GB 192GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	24.7% Poor	Read 47.4 Write 48.8 Mixed 45.6 61% 47.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 2.28 4K Mixed 0.47 96% 1.13 MB/s

SAMSUNG HD501LJ 500GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 126GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	27.1% Poor	Read 58 Write 67.1 Mixed 59.3 81% 61.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.26 4K Mixed 0.35 57% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 27.1% Great: 33%
SAMSUNG HD501LJ 500GB 58GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	29.8% Poor	Read 60.6 Write 78.5 Mixed 56.2 86% 65.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.33 55% 0.69 MB/s

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-A-USB31

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	865x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	252x
Core i7-4790Intel $132Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	125x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	209x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	130x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	82x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	93x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	92x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	39x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	70x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	67x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	46x

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Total price: $648

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