Asus Z97-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 81.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	82.4% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 24 '17 at 17:55
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Memory 93.5 1-Core 110 2-Core 206 80% 137 Pts	4-Core 375 8-Core 545 58% 460 Pts	64-Core 571 35% 571 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 1 Volume 250GB 822 User benchmarks, average bench 129% 132GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Read 971 Write 68.6 Mixed 112 81% 384 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 66.6 4K Mixed 14.3 106% 38.4 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 46.1 DQ Mixed 39.5 71% 150 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 265%
Seagate Expansion 4TB 22,017 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0707 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 114 100 75649940 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 194 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 256 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 2204872 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -81741817577135 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 121 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 8590131204 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 55 504627230 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 29 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1568 (C2) HDA temperature 30 45 42949672990 (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 -28690381537257 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4499337333 (F2) Unknown 100 253 98073916	66.7% Good	Read 116 Write 114 Mixed 86.6 79% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1.47 4K Write 6.45 4K Mixed 0.59 246% 2.84 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 66%
Seagate Desktop 2TB 26 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 242GB free Firmware: 0130 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 100 184356424 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2364 (05) Reallocated sector count 89 89 7680 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 4317218065 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14542 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 66 66 35197 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 296357265481 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 61 44 13759545383 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 145 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7596 (C2) HDA temperature 39 56 64424509479 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 34 11 184356424 (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 2332167244402 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3752459832 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2728159012	25.8% Poor	Read 44.1 Write 45.6 Mixed 44.2 34% 44.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.01 4K Mixed 0.19 69% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 25.8% Great: 95%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB 48,796 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	60.9% Good	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 19.2 59% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 20.6 SC Mixed 20.6 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 61 66% 61 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 63%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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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 $178	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