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Asus Z97-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 33% Sail boat	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (95th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 5 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.62% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	2GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows however a minimum of 4GB is recommended for gaming or any other RAM intensive tasks such as photo/video editing. This system will also be a little more responsive with 4GB of RAM.
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	0.4 GB free of 2 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140930
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 03 '16 at 16:07
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	Memory 91.6 1-Core 97.5 2-Core 195 75% 128 Pts	4-Core 330 8-Core 331 44% 330 Pts	64-Core 380 24% 380 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 72%

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 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	3.62% Terrible	Lighting 3.77 Reflection 6.27 Parallax 6.19 3% 5.41 fps	MRender 7 Gravity 2.2 Splatting 7.39 5% 5.53 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.62% Great: 3%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$19 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 447GB free (System drive) Firmware: 19.01H19 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 138 137 4058 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 362 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 597 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 126 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 42 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2444 (C2) HDA temperature 105 103 38 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	65.7% Good	Read 109 Write 120 Mixed 120 88% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.04 4K Mixed 0.22 56% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5773SB0-CK0 1x2GB 608 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 1 of 4 slots used 2GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	32.3% Below average	MC Read 10.6 MC Write 11.3 MC Mixed 8.9 29% 10.3 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 10.5 SC Mixed 9 27% 9.43 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 32.3% Great: 32%

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

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Typical Z97-A Builds (Compare 5,237 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus Z97-A - $150

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,403x
Core i5-4690KIntel $43Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,233x
Core i7-4790Intel $104Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	444x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	818x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	358x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	314x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	285x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	210x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $77Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	141x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	261x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	161x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	126x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $798

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12400F $111	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $130
Intel Core i5-12600K $164	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $389	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $210	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $389