Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	3.49% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	95.5% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	29.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 22 '16 at 10:14
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 0.8 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	Memory 97.4 1-Core 138 2-Core 263 94% 166 Pts	4-Core 524 8-Core 520 70% 522 Pts	64-Core 515 32% 515 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 84F6) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7290 Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	3.49% Terrible	Lighting 4.27 Reflection 4.96 Parallax 3.47 4% 4.23 fps	MRender 5.86 Gravity 4.5 Splatting 3.09 4% 4.48 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.49% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 114GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^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 1102 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 706 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 47 (AE) Unknown 100 100 115 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 71 58 180389871645 (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 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 10594025930 (F7) Unknown 100 100 335651532 (F8) Unknown 100 100 470697798	95.5% Outstanding	Read 522 Write 323 Mixed 383 91% 409 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 32.2 147% 58.1 MB/s	DQ Read 181 DQ Write 307 DQ Mixed 48 92% 179 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 429GB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 720 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2693 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 19837057 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3981 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 727 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 56 521928735 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 144 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2940 (C2) HDA temperature 31 44 77309411359 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 23 6 720 (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 -11471857643069 (F1) Unknown 100 253 69706782 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2018796839	37.4% Below average	Read 69.1 Write 61.4 Mixed 56 47% 62.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.4 73% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 75%
WD Black 500GB (2008)-$95 28,095 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 266GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 161 159 4941 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3870 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 17653 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3045 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 330 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3870 (C2) HDA temperature 113 101 34 (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 200 200 100 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	46.4% Average	Read 85.2 Write 76.2 Mixed 70.6 58% 77.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.47 119% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 69%
Seagate ST3500630AS 224GB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 182GB free Firmware: 3.AAD Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 97 85 69102689 (03) Spinup time 95 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12767 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 61 34874058470 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 17244 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4705 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 37 790896902181 (C2) HDA temperature 37 63 77309411365 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 63 54 108264773 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	41.9% Average	Read 71.4 Write 74.5 Mixed 71.4 55% 72.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.08 4K Mixed 0.41 93% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 1,222 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	MC Read 32.7 MC Write 34.7 MC Mixed 28.9 92% 32.1 GB/s	SC Read 22.9 SC Write 25.3 SC Mixed 29.7 74% 26 GB/s	Latency 48.7 82% 48.7 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 89%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-A - $150

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,310x
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	791x
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 $94Bench 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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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