Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 39% Jet ski


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.
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	51.8% 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	50.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1600 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140711
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 09 '17 at 11:56
Run Duration	216 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	6%

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 0.8 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Memory 92.2 1-Core 125 2-Core 250 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 500 8-Core 502 67% 501 Pts	64-Core 504 31% 504 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX Titan Black-$1,000 3,504 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Nvidia(10DE 1066) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	51.8% Above average	Lighting 63.8 Reflection 64.3 Parallax 80.7 52% 69.6 fps	MRender 77 Gravity 69.9 Splatting 48.4 52% 65.1 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -7327214205339 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 368 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 4 (B7) Unknown 100 100 8 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 30 45 81607327774 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 80807 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 50 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 80807 (F2) Unknown 100 100 76228 (F9) Unknown 100 100 24901	50.6% Above average	Read 503 Write 137 Mixed 161 58% 267 MB/s	4K Read 18.2 4K Write 17.3 4K Mixed 18.9 61% 18.1 MB/s	DQ Read 89 DQ Write 50.7 DQ Mixed 30.6 33% 56.7 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 91%
Seagate ST32000542AS 2TB-$100 19,960 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 69GB free Firmware: CC34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 185917319 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 511 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 23639071 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6311 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 509 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 67 57 555155489 (C2) HDA temperature 33 43 77309411361 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 52 39 185917319 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 195 282 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 20654497733850 (F1) Unknown 100 253 64578410 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1721847242	54% Above average	Read 102 Write 86.3 Mixed 18.9 50% 69.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.4 90% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 61%
Hitachi HDS722020ALA330 2TB-$53 17,356 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 23GB free Firmware: JKAOA3EA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 131 131 109 (03) Spinup time 115 115 51580830326 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1752 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 13 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 119 119 36 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 32240 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1749 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1878 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1878 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 240519217184 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 13 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 41389	35.9% Below average	Read 64.1 Write 60.7 Mixed 45.9 42% 56.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.31 84% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 35.9% Great: 69%
Seagate ST32000542AS 2TB-$100 19,960 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 23GB free Firmware: CC34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 66664061 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1746 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 4358426933 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 29835 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1745 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 81 81 19 (BE) vendor-specific 70 51 504889374 (C2) HDA temperature 30 49 64424509470 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 41 25 66664061 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 162 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -58424440093481 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1565540753 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1963455878	36.4% Below average	Read 61.6 Write 65 Mixed 13.5 34% 46.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.33 85% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 36.4% Great: 61%
WD WD1500ADFD-00NLR1 150GB 1,859 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 5GB free Firmware: 20.07P20 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 197 0 (03) Spinup time 162 162 4900 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3070 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 23 23 56830 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3044 (C2) HDA temperature 110 86 37 (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 200 253 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	29.8% Poor	Read 50 Write 53.4 Mixed 35.5 34% 46.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.01 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.56 139% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 29.8% Great: 47%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-038.A00LF 2x8GB 585 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	53.7% Above average	MC Read 18.5 MC Write 18.8 MC Mixed 17 52% 18.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 17.3 49% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 63.6 63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 54%

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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	2,306x
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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Value: 60% - Above average

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