Asus Z97-A

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	42.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 29 '17 at 20:13
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 115 2-Core 217 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 378 8-Core 576 59% 477 Pts	64-Core 588 36% 588 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 84%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force 3 120GB-$109 22,358 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 78GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 107 107 15967177 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 71184787991723 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2157 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 788 (B1) Unknown 0 0 6 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 128 129 545469300864 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 15967177 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 15967177 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 15967177 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 16777 (EA) Unknown 0 0 16466 (F1) Unknown 0 0 16466 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7837	42.6% Average	Read 188 Write 103 Mixed 123 30% 138 MB/s	4K Read 14.4 4K Write 96.4 4K Mixed 10.7 86% 40.5 MB/s	DQ Read 68.5 DQ Write 110 DQ Mixed 10.5 30% 62.8 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 61%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 676GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 241281424 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 593 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 6936193 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4050 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 338 (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 70 50 505020446 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 30 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7155 (C2) HDA temperature 30 50 77309411358 (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 108155866451282 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2482720311 (F2) Unknown 100 253 34358272303	86.8% Excellent	Read 114 Write 187 Mixed 154 115% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 5.37 4K Mixed 0.95 242% 2.4 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 112%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 16GB-$7 60,636 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 11GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	28.1% Poor	Read 124 Write 38.8 Mixed 32.2 65% 64.9 MB/s	4K Read 4.44 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.77 50% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 28.1% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 6,625 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	60.6% Good	MC Read 22.4 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 18.5 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 22.1 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 62.2 64% 62.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 62%

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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	2,310x
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 $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 $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