Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Jet ski	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	30.4% 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	106% 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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit väriä
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140930
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 06 '17 at 13:06
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Memory 97.9 1-Core 133 2-Core 256 92% 162 Pts	4-Core 492 8-Core 679 74% 586 Pts	64-Core 698 43% 698 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Gigabyte(1458 360B) 2GB CLim: 1306 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 375.95 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	30.4% Below average	Lighting 35.7 Reflection 32.2 Parallax 40.7 29% 36.2 fps	MRender 43.9 Gravity 41.6 Splatting 36.2 33% 40.6 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 30.4% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 162GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 525 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 538 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 57 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 7 (F1) Unknown 99 99 337506339	120% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 414 Mixed 417 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 49.2 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 50.7 197% 69.3 MB/s	DQ Read 355 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 103 136% 247 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 124%
Plextor M6e PCIe M.2 128GB-$190 585 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.04 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 100 100 119 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 574 (B1) Unknown 100 100 19510 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 14 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 52219 (F2) Unknown 100 100 66944	106% Outstanding	Read 675 Write 319 Mixed 431 105% 475 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 89 4K Mixed 39.3 151% 54.6 MB/s	DQ Read 322 DQ Write 267 DQ Mixed 88.9 123% 226 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 116%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 552GB free Firmware: 1AA01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 70 70 9930 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 3645 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 7093 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3343 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 62 437125146 (C2) HDA temperature 73 60 453902363 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 10042 (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 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	39.7% Below average	Read 64.8 Write 73.3 Mixed 90.5 58% 76.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.3 85% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 39.7% Great: 62%
Seagate ST3120827AS 120GB-$38 1,818 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 17GB free Firmware: 3.42 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 54 41 41593879 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5652 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 9385920861 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 17065 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5574 (C2) HDA temperature 36 47 55834574884 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 54 41 41593879 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 196 31 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	21.5% Poor	Read 38.4 Write 36.3 Mixed 35.6 28% 36.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.25 4K Write 0.74 4K Mixed 0.23 50% 0.41 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 21.5% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 2x4GB 9,036 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	81.1% Excellent	MC Read 30.8 MC Write 30.3 MC Mixed 23.9 81% 28.3 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 24 65% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 46.5 86% 46.5 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 84%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus Z97-A - $150

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,309x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,185x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	790x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	342x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	307x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	271x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	202x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	137x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	248x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	151x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	120x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $798

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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