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 (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	109% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	28.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 12 '17 at 18:11
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 (99^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 88.8 1-Core 129 2-Core 253 87% 157 Pts	4-Core 482 8-Core 486 65% 484 Pts	64-Core 487 30% 487 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 854D) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 384.94 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 30% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 112GB free Firmware: 505A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4344751 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 133444633904097 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 969 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 151 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 35 69 77313933347 (C2) HDA temperature 35 69 77313933347 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4344751 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4344751 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4344751 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 8784 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2934 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2934 (F2) Unknown 0 0 6766	62.6% Good	Read 512 Write 158 Mixed 203 63% 291 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 66 4K Mixed 14.5 90% 34.9 MB/s	DQ Read 138 DQ Write 139 DQ Mixed 42.6 58% 107 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 73%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 91GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 13794 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 738 (B1) Unknown 99 99 32 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 51 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 137 (F1) Unknown 99 99 16499879650	109% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 490 Mixed 512 113% 506 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 70.4 4K Mixed 39.8 138% 47.7 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 165 174% 289 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 124%
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$55 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 81GB free Firmware: MAT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 999 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 202 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 55 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 17 (F1) Unknown 99 99 634957436	81.4% Excellent	Read 483 Write 268 Mixed 278 76% 343 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 48.2 4K Mixed 25.5 113% 36.6 MB/s	DQ Read 344 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 73.6 106% 201 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 114%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 82.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 185 178 5708 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1533 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6849 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 488 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 84 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9769 (C2) HDA temperature 116 108 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	79.5% Very good	Read 156 Write 121 Mixed 119 99% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 2.28 4K Mixed 0.24 99% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GB 2,577 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	64.7% Good	MC Read 22.7 MC Write 23.5 MC Mixed 21 64% 22.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 20.3 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 68.7 58% 68.7 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 75%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-A - $150

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,309x
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	790x
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