Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	55.2% 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	87.9% 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	9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150427
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 05 '16 at 00:30
Run Duration	352 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 90.6 1-Core 127 2-Core 247 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 668 69% 555 Pts	64-Core 660 41% 660 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 87%

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 Ver. 21.21.13.7290 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	55.2% Above average	Lighting 70.2 Reflection 68.9 Parallax 62.4 57% 67.2 fps	MRender 73.8 Gravity 63.9 Splatting 54.2 51% 64 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2681 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 387 (B1) Unknown 98 98 33 (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 59 45 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 17 (F1) Unknown 99 99 10030992867	87.9% Excellent	Read 491 Write 396 Mixed 413 96% 433 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 89.5 4K Mixed 23.9 125% 48.2 MB/s	DQ Read 33.4 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 18.4 55% 111 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 124%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 208GB free Firmware: 2BA30001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 6 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 92 91 2520 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1177 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3687 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 60 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 833 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 10401856 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 181 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 85 85 161349 (C2) HDA temperature 63 50 214749413413 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 1589 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 2604 (F1) Unknown 97 94 4497659 (F2) Unknown 96 94 5429457 (FE) Unknown 252 252 0	49.7% Average	Read 80.3 Write 92.9 Mixed 92.5 67% 88.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.24 76% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 59%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 172GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 84772472 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 938 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 19910815 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3362 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 494 (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 65 56 622460963 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 11 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 14838 (C2) HDA temperature 35 44 85899345955 (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 -129282810574280 (F1) Unknown 100 253 20564491938 (F2) Unknown 100 253 72775678905	89.5% Excellent	Read 173 Write 139 Mixed 146 115% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.17 71% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 114%
Seagate ST3750640NS 750GB-$38 10,520 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 31GB free Firmware: 3.BAJ Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 97 215771844 (03) Spinup time 91 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4713 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 138063685131 (09) Power-on hours count 51 51 43415 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2513 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 48 774307881 (C2) HDA temperature 41 52 73014444073 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 71 55 215362094 (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	26.7% Poor	Read 45.4 Write 47.6 Mixed 49.3 36% 47.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.02 4K Mixed 0.27 66% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 26.7% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (53^rd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.7% Above average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 15.6 50% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 18.9 SC Mixed 17 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 85%

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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	1,186x
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 $295	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