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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 above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Graphics	20.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	96.1% 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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

System	MSI MS-7681
Motherboard	MSI Z68A-GD65 (MS-7681) (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20111014
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 10 '15 at 15:07
Run Duration	238 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500K-$246 143,007 User benchmarks, average bench 66% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 102 2-Core 204 69% 153 Pts	4-Core 400 8-Core 401 54% 400 Pts	64-Core 400 25% 400 Pts
Poor: 44% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 560 Ti (448 Core LE) 2,165 User benchmarks, average bench 19% MSI(1462 2574) 1.2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 9.18.13.4448 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	20.3% Poor	Lighting 24 Reflection 36.7 Parallax 26.5 20% 29.1 fps	MRender 35.8 Gravity 18.5 Splatting 26.5 22% 26.9 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 20.3% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 396GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3524 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 267 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 24 (AE) Unknown 100 100 10 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4403 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 60 171799674912 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 3423119244 (F7) Unknown 100 100 115824311 (F8) Unknown 100 100 744282594	96.1% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 480 Mixed 343 98% 442 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 92.7 4K Mixed 29.3 130% 50.2 MB/s	DQ Read 144 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 41 66% 126 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC9C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 215311856 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4600 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 4305730201 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12287 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1529 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 68 65 538312736 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 402 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 24885 (C2) HDA temperature 32 40 68719476768 (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 93050466471417 (F1) Unknown 100 253 18836640676282 (F2) Unknown 100 253 47141774630902	89.7% Excellent	Read 156 Write 157 Mixed 102 103% 138 MB/s	4K Read 1.07 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.21 91% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 113%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 898GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 16470 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 71 70 8989 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3312 (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 18129 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2408 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 4 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 64 150324838430 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 21 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 26 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 3789	52.9% Above average	Read 78 Write 106 Mixed 82.6 67% 88.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 2.62 4K Mixed 0.6 143% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 75%
SanDisk Extreme USB 3.0 64GB-$72 6,221 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 51GB free, PID 5580 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Read 196 Write 144 Mixed 129 190% 157 MB/s	4K Read 11.4 4K Write 8.49 4K Mixed 4.57 487% 8.15 MB/s	DQ Read 11.7 DQ Write 9.64 DQ Mixed 4.68 530% 8.68 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 111%
FCR-HS3 -1 32GB 163 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 30GB free, PID 6348 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	41.5% Average	Read 91.8 Write 79.9 Mixed 63.5 97% 78.4 MB/s	4K Read 8.57 4K Write 2.85 4K Mixed 2.21 204% 4.54 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 39%
Corsair Survivor 3.0 32GB 282 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 28GB free, PID 1a0a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	39.5% Below average	Read 193 Write 37.8 Mixed 32.5 80% 87.7 MB/s	4K Read 7.83 4K Write 0.48 4K Mixed 0.58 65% 2.96 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 39.5% Great: 40%

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Gaming 38%

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Desktop

Desktop 77%

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Workstation

Workstation 31%

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Motherboard: MSI Z68A-GD65 (MS-7681)

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	24x
Core i5-2500KIntel $246Bench 66%, 143,007 samples	19x
Core i7-2600Intel $197Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	2x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	6x
HD 3000 (Desktop V2 1.35 GHz)Intel $15Bench 2%, 6,831 samples	5x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	5x

SSD
SSD Plus 240GBSanDisk $25Bench 61%, 133,640 samples	6x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	5x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	3x

RAM
CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 16GBCorsairBench 50%, 118 samples	5x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	4x
RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GBG.SKILLBench 60%, 5,448 samples	2x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $544

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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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