Asus Z97-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 87.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	125% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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	29.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 19 '17 at 10:58
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Memory 97.5 1-Core 126 2-Core 240 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 423 8-Core 651 66% 537 Pts	64-Core 661 41% 661 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2978) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 381.65 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 769 Write 559 Mixed 687 149% 672 MB/s	4K Read 48.6 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 28.9 181% 70.4 MB/s	DQ Read 50.6 DQ Write 281 DQ Mixed 28.9 62% 120 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 243%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 695GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 111941384 (03) Spinup time 93 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1406 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 23991766 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3873 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 970 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 30076895417 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 54 572588066 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 56 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 11003 (C2) HDA temperature 34 46 77309411362 (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 136597139887082 (F1) Unknown 100 253 33900871292 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1491509516307	53.7% Above average	Read 84.7 Write 101 Mixed 102 72% 95.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 5.34 4K Mixed 0.76 201% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 94%
Seagate ST9250315AS 250GB-$20 12,691 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 76GB free Firmware: 0005HPM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 94 143381012 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3538 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 3 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 8806449477 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6286 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 37 3460 (B7) Unknown 100 253 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 44 44 56 (BC) Unknown 100 97 8590065832 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 30 5841610276891 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 216 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 126 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 77 77 47908 (C2) HDA temperature 27 70 60129542171 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 43 39 143381012 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 3 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 181	34.2% Below average	Read 60.7 Write 58.5 Mixed 58.5 45% 59.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.41 86% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 2,608 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	MC Read 31.4 MC Write 31.1 MC Mixed 27.3 86% 29.9 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 27.6 69% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 48.3 83% 48.3 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 88%

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Gaming 42%

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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 $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 $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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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