Asus Z97-A

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Graphics	56.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	76.5% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (81%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	6.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140707
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 06 '14 at 18:15
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	81%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 129 2-Core 256 87% 192 Pts	4-Core 505 8-Core 508 68% 506 Pts	64-Core 506 31% 506 Pts
Poor: 53% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 9.18.13.4416 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	56.1% Above average	Lighting 70.3 Reflection 74.5 Parallax 72.9 57% 72.6 fps	MRender 74 Gravity 66.3 Splatting 59.9 54% 66.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3217 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 365 (B1) Unknown 98 98 16 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 43 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 125 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4126562217	76.5% Very good	Read 503 Write 277 Mixed 189 71% 323 MB/s	4K Read 45.5 4K Write 80.1 4K Mixed 0.65 112% 42.1 MB/s	DQ Read 211 DQ Write 224 DQ Mixed 15.4 67% 150 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 108%
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 2.5" 500GB-$16 83,084 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 52GB free Firmware: 0001SDM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 89 83 61302222 (03) Spinup time 99 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4366 (05) Reallocated sector count 98 98 55 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 17618916715 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 29749 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 37 3914 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 4920 (BC) Unknown 100 94 8590067823 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 40 1478041403426 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 194 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 431550 (C2) HDA temperature 34 60 90194313250 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 47 45 61302222 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 23 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 23 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	27.1% Poor	Read 60.5 Write 33.9 Mixed 19.4 28% 38 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 0.62 4K Mixed 0.28 61% 0.45 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 27.1% Great: 43%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-A - $150

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,306x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,184x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	789x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	341x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	307x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	270x
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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Total price: $798

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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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PC Performing as expected (48th percentile)

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PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)