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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 8.1 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 18 '15 at 23:06
Run Duration	441 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$51 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 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 107 2-Core 216 73% 161 Pts	4-Core 400 8-Core 402 54% 401 Pts	64-Core 412 26% 412 Pts
Poor: 50% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% AMD(1002 0B00) ≥ 4GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 14.502.1014.0 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 75.1 Reflection 67.9 Parallax 86.8 61% 76.6 fps	Gravity 64.5 Splatting 85.1 68% 74.8 fps
Poor: 41% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB-$215 19,372 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 55GB free Firmware: 1.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 6 0 6 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 16971 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 796 (E8) Unknown 100 100 27075932881 (E9) Unknown 97 0 97	106% Outstanding	Read 439 Write 373 Mixed 400 90% 404 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 37.1 169% 70 MB/s	DQ Read 343 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 128 151% 262 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 104%
Samsung 850 Pro 128GB-$65 18,195 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 4GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4815 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 89 (B1) Unknown 99 99 38 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 57 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 9 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8752594818
Poor: 71% Great: 119%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$75 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 619GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 43399152 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 142 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 5467776 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1716 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 69 (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 65 59 605487139 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5138 (C2) HDA temperature 35 41 85899345955 (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 -74736725916657 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8975927160 (F2) Unknown 100 253 8057064463	86.4% Excellent	Read 140 Write 161 Mixed 152 114% 151 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.15 62% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 113%
WD WD6402AAEX-00Z3A0 640GB 6,247 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 230GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 169 4283 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5260 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 49 49 37266 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1529 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 627 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4632 (C2) HDA temperature 107 95 40 (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	71.7% Very good	Read 146 Write 104 Mixed 125 94% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 2.09 4K Mixed 0.35 98% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 76%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$49 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 94GB free Firmware: CC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 89 243539824 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2426 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 512 (07) Seek error rate 60 57 300708847258 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 19769 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 919 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 1385 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032836 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 62 52 9262530598 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 189 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 73 73 54116 (C2) HDA temperature 38 48 -140737488355290 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 112 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 112 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -13529146968443 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8964608123378 (F2) Unknown 100 253 103239396145018	62.5% Good	Read 93.5 Write 125 Mixed 93.3 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.07 4K Mixed 0.25 66% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 114%
ADATA HV620 2TB 747 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 424GB free, PID a31a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	36.6% Below average	Read 99 Write 81.3 Mixed 65.6 101% 82 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.19 56% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 36.6% Great: 47%
ADATA USB Flash Drive 32GB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 22GB free, PID c03a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	10.4% Very poor	Read 36.7 Write 8.8 Mixed 7.16 17% 17.6 MB/s	4K Read 10.4 4K Write 0.21 4K Mixed 0.17 52% 3.61 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 10.4% Great: 10%
Patriot Memory 16GB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 1GB free, PID 1e00 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	8% Terrible	Read 24.6 Write 8.82 Mixed 12 17% 15.1 MB/s	4K Read 10.4 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.01 40% 3.48 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8% Great: 9%

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Typical GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 Builds (Compare 3,164 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming 3 - $169

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	1,235x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	644x
Core i7-4790Intel $132Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	403x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	487x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	201x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	199x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	161x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	76x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	70x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	139x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	99x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	99x

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