Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	51.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	63.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	4.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140711
Uptime	14.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 06 '17 at 17:59
Run Duration	224 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th 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 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	Memory 97.7 1-Core 132 2-Core 270 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 542 8-Core 543 73% 543 Pts	64-Core 543 34% 543 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 385.28 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	51.2% Above average	Lighting 63.3 Reflection 65.6 Parallax 68 52% 65.6 fps	MRender 73 Gravity 60.4 Splatting 55 50% 62.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ ARC 100 240GB-$120 11,799 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 181GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7774 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1137 (AB) Unknown 100 100 76806992 (AE) Unknown 100 100 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 200 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 94 94 94 (F1) Unknown 100 100 5773 (F2) Unknown 100 100 8412 (F9) Unknown 100 100 320276277	63.5% Good	Read 441 Write 411 Mixed 430 95% 427 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 0.15 4K Mixed 24.8 64% 15.4 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 101%
OCZ ARC 100 240GB-$120 11,799 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 98GB free Firmware: 1.00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7771 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1133 (AB) Unknown 100 100 79690576 (AE) Unknown 100 100 11 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 19 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 651 (F2) Unknown 100 100 778 (F9) Unknown 100 100 33266593	97.9% Outstanding	Read 443 Write 413 Mixed 433 96% 430 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 29.3 136% 55.5 MB/s	DQ Read 304 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 71 123% 238 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 32143824 (03) Spinup time 96 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1666 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 15949 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3960 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 901 (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 70 62 504692766 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 19906 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 51539607582 (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 -63569810947709 (F1) Unknown 100 253 12579048 (F2) Unknown 100 253 11524691	98.1% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 168 Mixed 170 129% 171 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.24 94% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 114%
Hitachi HTS545032B9A300 320GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 250GB free, PID ce15 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	17.6% Very poor	Read 36.9 Write 38.5 Mixed 5.22 32% 26.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.21 4K Mixed 0.36 55% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 17.6% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2400 C11 2x4GB 1,957 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2448 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	MC Read 31.3 MC Write 31.3 MC Mixed 25.5 84% 29.4 GB/s	SC Read 20.6 SC Write 24.9 SC Mixed 23.9 66% 23.1 GB/s	Latency 47.6 84% 47.6 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 84%

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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	2,310x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,186x
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