Asus Z97-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	10.7% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150427
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 26 '17 at 01:22
Run Duration	119 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	Memory 91.2 1-Core 104 2-Core 199 77% 132 Pts	4-Core 371 8-Core 391 50% 381 Pts	64-Core 360 22% 360 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 2966) CLim: 1614 MHz, MLim: 1990 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 376.51 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	10.7% Very poor	Lighting 14.3 Reflection 13.4 Parallax 12 12% 13.2 fps	MRender 8.62 Gravity 12.1 Splatting 11.6 9% 10.8 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 10.7% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 294GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 170 166 2466 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 762 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4605 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 756 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 73 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 700 (C2) HDA temperature 110 107 33 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	66.6% Good	Read 128 Write 105 Mixed 108 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.11 4K Write 0.49 4K Mixed 0.07 22% 0.22 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 109%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2TB 819 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1.5TB free, PID d011 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	56.1% Above average	Read 136 Write 139 Mixed 127 172% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.17 75% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Team-Elite-1600 1x8GB 3,120 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1632 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	33.1% Below average	MC Read 11 MC Write 11 MC Mixed 9.2 30% 10.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 11.7 SC Mixed 9.9 31% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 65.4 61% 65.4 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 34%

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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	2,306x
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