Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 79.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	38% 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	67.1% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	28.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150427
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	May 17 '18 at 02:22
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	79.9% Very good	Memory 88 1-Core 113 2-Core 223 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 388 8-Core 581 60% 484 Pts	64-Core 584 36% 584 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 3969) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	38% Below average	Lighting 50 Reflection 47.2 Parallax 42 41% 46.4 fps	MRender 39 Gravity 43.2 Splatting 38.5 33% 40.2 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 38% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin ECO3 480GB-$155 2,300 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 314GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0330AA Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 429 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1863 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 52 (A3) Unknown 100 100 513 (94) Unknown 100 100 53141 (95) Unknown 100 100 749 (96) Unknown 100 100 569 (97) Unknown 100 100 718 (A4) Unknown 100 100 11681 (A5) Unknown 100 100 52 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 9 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 26 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 32002306539542 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 103662 (F2) Unknown 100 100 110948 (F5) Unknown 100 100 137981 (F6) Unknown 100 100 212564 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	67.1% Good	Read 472 Write 241 Mixed 264 72% 325 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 49.7 4K Mixed 11.8 84% 29.9 MB/s	DQ Read 265 DQ Write 160 DQ Mixed 12.8 63% 146 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 101%
WD WD8001FZWX-00WPGA0 8TB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 4.5TB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 132 132 112 (03) Spinup time 190 190 38676136303 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1620 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1784 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 503 (16) Unknown 100 100 100 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1635 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1635 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 171799085087 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	104% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 170 Mixed 167 132% 176 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 3.18 4K Mixed 0.41 142% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 87% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 116%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 466GB free Firmware: 18.01H18 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 143 141 3850 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 772 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 14629 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 509 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 75 62 471269401 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 47 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 728 (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	68.3% Good	Read 120 Write 118 Mixed 120 90% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.41 102% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-039.A00LF 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C9 99U5471-039.A00LF 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C9 32GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	50.9% Above average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 15.3 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 17.3 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 69.5 58% 69.5 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 51%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

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