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 (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 80.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	72.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140930
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 14 '17 at 17:32
Run Duration	265 Seconds
Run User	FRO-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (46^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 way above expectations (89^th percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Memory 90.8 1-Core 115 2-Core 226 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 379 8-Core 587 60% 483 Pts	64-Core 581 36% 581 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro K2000 13,526 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Nvidia(10DE 094C) 2GB Ram: 2GB, Driver: 307.45 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 7% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 335 Series 240GB-$219 4,220 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: 335u Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -121908351712296 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2897 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 214 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 620267 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 620267 (F2) Unknown 100 100 687867 (F9) Unknown 100 100 16152	72.8% Very good	Read 497 Write 208 Mixed 288 73% 331 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 15.2 114% 47.5 MB/s	DQ Read 138 DQ Write 203 DQ Mixed 62.5 78% 135 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 92%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 731GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 12 (03) Spinup time 178 173 4091 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5908 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16374 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2960 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 185 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5722 (C2) HDA temperature 116 98 31 (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	61.4% Good	Read 112 Write 102 Mixed 62.7 68% 92.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.16 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.51 142% 1.22 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 76%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 725GB free Firmware: JC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 101223705 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4642 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 59 58 55845409410 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11562 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2616 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 8590065666 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 51 487915549 (C2) HDA temperature 29 49 64424509469 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 29 19 101223705 (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 -53867479811927 (F1) Unknown 100 253 557956846 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1691755693	53.1% Above average	Read 99.9 Write 85 Mixed 74.9 65% 86.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.51 108% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 970GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 232692608 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 8189 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 55 54 81610514008 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15388 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2620 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590131203 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 71 50 872366211101 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 228 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 83 83 35407 (C2) HDA temperature 29 50 -140737488355299 (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 53541062315628 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3412051325 (F2) Unknown 100 253 8641639156	73.2% Very good	Read 124 Write 131 Mixed 81.9 84% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.32 94% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 114%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 55GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 173 4116 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6884 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16518 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2978 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 194 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6689 (C2) HDA temperature 116 97 31 (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	58.7% Above average	Read 98.1 Write 106 Mixed 10.4 52% 71.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.29 100% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT102464BA160B.M16 2x8GB 2,915 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31.7% Below average	MC Read 10.8 MC Write 10.2 MC Mixed 8.6 28% 9.87 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 10.3 SC Mixed 10.4 29% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 66.1 60% 66.1 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 31.7% Great: 61%

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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	2,309x
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 $274	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 $183	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