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 (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 78.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	76.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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	28.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140930
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Aug 15 '17 at 12:51
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	ARE-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 above expectations (80^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	Memory 84.9 1-Core 109 2-Core 216 78% 137 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 547 59% 468 Pts	64-Core 570 35% 570 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 78.4% 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 CLim: 954 MHz, MLim: 1000 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 353.6 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 7% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -23158463658263 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 316 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 4 (B7) Unknown 100 100 12 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 34 40 77312032802 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 144626 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 41 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 144626 (F2) Unknown 100 100 89600 (F9) Unknown 100 100 23584	76.3% Very good	Read 457 Write 224 Mixed 270 70% 317 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 96.9 4K Mixed 15.5 122% 48.6 MB/s	DQ Read 259 DQ Write 170 DQ Mixed 58.7 86% 162 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$27 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 914GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 98228112 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7586 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 27917766 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 10528 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1012 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 3 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 70 61 253941710878 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 42 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 68 68 64696 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 -140737488355298 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 17888538792332 (F1) Unknown 100 253 26334110029 (F2) Unknown 100 253 38916642366	95.8% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 151 Mixed 112 111% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.37 102% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 112%
Seagate ST3750330AS 750GB-$137 3,651 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 698GB free Firmware: SD1A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 100 39862783 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 827 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 4297305804 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2207 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 2 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 517 (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 71 59 622460957 (C2) HDA temperature 29 41 73014444061 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 35 27 39862783 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	56.7% Above average	Read 101 Write 96.5 Mixed 73.9 68% 90.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.54 131% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 58%
Seagate Backup+ SL 2TB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 1TB free, PID ab21 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	19.8% Very poor	Read 37.3 Write 39.2 Mixed 38.4 50% 38.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.4 79% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 19.8% Great: 34%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 2,445 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.9% Average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 17.9 MC Mixed 14.9 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 12 SC Write 17.2 SC Mixed 14.7 42% 14.6 GB/s	Latency 72 56% 72 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 85%

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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	2,317x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,194x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	794x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	342x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	309x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	273x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	202x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	138x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	251x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	152x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16