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Benchmarks - missing CPU, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Graphics	2% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	76.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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	Asus Z97M-PLUS (all builds)
Memory	6.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140711
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 05 '14 at 02:55
Run Duration	243 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Pentium G3258-$31 23,497 User benchmarks, average bench 53% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 93.2 2-Core 187 63% 140 Pts	4-Core 183 8-Core 181 24% 182 Pts	64-Core 186 12% 186 Pts
Poor: 37% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI HD 3650 4,070 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Dell(1028 2242) 256MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.97.10.6 Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	2% Terrible	Lighting 2.37 Reflection 4.46 Parallax 1.19 2% 2.67 fps	MRender 2.57 Gravity 1.1 Splatting 3.74 2% 2.47 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 2% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 175GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th 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 1015 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2078 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 12 (AE) Unknown 100 100 15 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4063 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 72 45 236223201308 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 19 (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 1921755968 (F7) Unknown 100 100 61526418 (F8) Unknown 100 100 121173403	76.9% Very good	Read 486 Write 265 Mixed 349 81% 367 MB/s	4K Read 19.2 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 15.3 103% 45.6 MB/s	DQ Read 261 DQ Write 255 DQ Mixed 13.7 77% 176 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 450GB free Firmware: KC48 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 100 792 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 14 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 227763 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 14 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 63 488177693 (C2) HDA temperature 29 40 68719476765 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 54 52 792 (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 -100450695118845 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2696714794 (F2) Unknown 100 253 706060914	69.2% Good	Read 115 Write 127 Mixed 116 90% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.82 143% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 88%
General USB Flash Disk 32GB 3,571 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 9GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	4.69% Terrible	Read 13 Write 6.29 Mixed 8.46 11% 9.25 MB/s	4K Read 6.04 4K Write 0.002 4K Mixed 0.004 23% 2.02 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.69% Great: 38%

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Gaming

Gaming 42%

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Desktop

Desktop 84%

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Workstation

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97M-PLUS - $350

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	300x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	172x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	162x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	112x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	76x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	60x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	35x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	26x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	26x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	44x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	31x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	24x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $998

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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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