Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	25.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	76.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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 9 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.

Very high background CPU (52%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	4.5 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140508
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 01 '17 at 00:58
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	52%

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PC Performing below expectations (37^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 Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	71.9% Very good	Memory 82.1 1-Core 95.7 2-Core 186 70% 121 Pts	4-Core 333 8-Core 559 54% 446 Pts	64-Core 573 36% 573 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AC) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 372.70 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	25.5% Poor	Lighting 28.1 Reflection 35.3 Parallax 27.1 23% 30.2 fps	MRender 37.2 Gravity 37.4 Splatting 37.1 30% 37.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 25.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 335 Series 240GB-$219 4,220 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: 335u Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 113567525245915 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2455 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 481 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 473835 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 473835 (F2) Unknown 100 100 478317 (F9) Unknown 100 100 9955	76.9% Very good	Read 470 Write 258 Mixed 320 77% 349 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 86.6 4K Mixed 17.1 113% 44.5 MB/s	DQ Read 257 DQ Write 180 DQ Mixed 66.2 91% 168 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 92%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 79 64 78620071 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 187 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 12648286 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -41991895252764 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 189 (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 69 57 521797663 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 48 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1069 (C2) HDA temperature 31 43 73014444063 (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 -44508746088250 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4078361626 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2370581818	69.1% Good	Read 139 Write 102 Mixed 77.7 79% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.26 90% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 105%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 36GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 208535862 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7489 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 338492728 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 12034 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3694 (B7) Unknown 98 98 2 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 75 75 25 (BC) Unknown 100 99 42950328331 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 67 53 555352097 (C2) HDA temperature 33 47 55834574881 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 35 23 208535862 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -64531883601639 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3991113751 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1588427265	51% Above average	Read 89.6 Write 88.2 Mixed 57 58% 78.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.48 97% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-057.A00LF Hynix HMT125U6TFR8C-H9 Hynix HMT125U6TFR8C-H9 12GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 2048, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	44.3% Average	MC Read 16.4 MC Write 17.2 MC Mixed 13.4 45% 15.7 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 12.8 SC Mixed 9.9 31% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 76.7 52% 76.7 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 44%

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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 $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 $300	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