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Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	74% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Very high background CPU (73%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-PRO GAMER (all builds)
Memory	8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 22 '21 at 06:49
Run Duration	303 Seconds
Run User	HKG-User
Background CPU	73%

PC Performing as expected (41^st 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 0.8 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Memory 94 1-Core 126 2-Core 209 84% 143 Pts	4-Core 362 8-Core 544 56% 453 Pts	64-Core 572 35% 572 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$449 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 8546) CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 471.11 Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	74% Very good	Lighting 91.4 Reflection 108 Parallax 96.5 74% 98.5 fps	MRender 93.9 Gravity 90.3 Splatting 84.9 73% 89.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 PRO 128GB (TurboPC EX) 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 41 41 41 42 37 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples

Toshiba DT01ACA200 (TurboPC EX) 2TB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 673GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 78 76 74 74 68 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	45.2% Average	Read 87.2 Write 126 Mixed 39 SusWrite 70 59% 80.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.5 117% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 100%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 (TurboPC EX) 2TB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 277GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 96 99 100 99 101 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	73.9% Very good	Read 158 Write 138 Mixed 44.2 SusWrite 99 80% 110 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 166% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 100%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 (TurboPC EX) 2TB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 657GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 113 115 116 116 114 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	Read 162 Write 139 Mixed 41.4 SusWrite 114 83% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 156% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 100%
BUFFALO HD-LXU3 USB Device (TurboPC EX) 4TB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 138% 369GB free, PID 01f7 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 130 125 128 128 132 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	180% Outstanding	Read 298 Write 190 Mixed 119 SusWrite 128 225% 184 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 33.3 4K Mixed 2.5 1,325% 21.6 MB/s	DQ Read 6.1 DQ Write 24.8 DQ Mixed 8.3 1,148% 13.1 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 180% Great: 193%
BUFFALO External HDD 1.5TB 61 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 198GB free, PID 0108 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 31 29 27 29 28 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	13.9% Very poor	Read 17.9 Write 17.2 Mixed 25.5 SusWrite 30.1 32% 22.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 80% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 13.9% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 20,728 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	56.9% Above average	MC Read 19.3 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 18 55% 19.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 16.7 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 59.7 67% 59.7 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 62%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 42: 5R 4G 5B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
42%	11%	132	147	104	100	27"	1920 1080	AUS270F VG279QR

History: Score 13: 2R 0G 3B | Score 42: 5R 4G 5B

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus Z97-PRO GAMER

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	1,453x
Core i5-4690KIntel $54Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	567x
Core i7-4790Intel $115Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	306x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	480x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	224x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	184x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	195x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	111x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	75x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	130x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	112x
Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBHyperXBench 63%, 20,216 samples	104x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

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Intel Core i5-13600K $239	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $350