Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 82.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	17.7% 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	79.8% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140529
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Jun 07 '16 at 11:14
Run Duration	250 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$51 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Memory 92.7 1-Core 113 2-Core 217 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 423 8-Core 419 56% 421 Pts	64-Core 429 27% 429 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% Nvidia(10DE 105F) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5382 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	17.7% Very poor	Lighting 22.6 Reflection 17 Parallax 21.3 18% 20.3 fps	MRender 25 Gravity 20.2 Splatting 16.4 16% 20.5 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 17.7% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 105GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 245 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 23 (A5) Unknown 100 100 3866668 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 45 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 322 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 2 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 62 266289348643 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 51539607564 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 207 (EA) Unknown 100 100 464 (F1) Unknown 253 253 415 (F2) Unknown 253 253 289 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	79.8% Very good	Read 475 Write 245 Mixed 233 70% 318 MB/s	4K Read 37.8 4K Write 68.8 4K Mixed 19.9 119% 42.2 MB/s	DQ Read 328 DQ Write 174 DQ Mixed 39.8 86% 181 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$60 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 89556160 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4955 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 56725166 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13993 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2680 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 5 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 56 53 26509377580 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 55 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 12 12 177542 (C2) HDA temperature 44 47 -140737488355284 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 5 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 115328461837821 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11273446205 (F2) Unknown 100 253 28411354870	92.5% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 155 Mixed 158 121% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.27 81% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$60 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 48926680 (03) Spinup time 97 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6257 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 6093915 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 12224 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2680 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 57 52 340074168363 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 52 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 29916 (C2) HDA temperature 43 48 -140737488355285 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 4 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -125735167587285 (F1) Unknown 100 253 14899121252 (F2) Unknown 100 253 37735719512	63.8% Good	Read 115 Write 108 Mixed 110 84% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.27 82% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 113%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 11,776 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1TB free Firmware: 0909 Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	70.3% Very good	Read 138 Write 105 Mixed 66.3 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 6.65 4K Mixed 0.57 220% 2.68 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 87%
WD My Book Essentials 1TB 3,704 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 221GB free, PID 1110 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	18.1% Very poor	Read 37.8 Write 37.4 Mixed 11.1 34% 28.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.23 57% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 18.1% Great: 20%
SAMSUNG HD501LJ 500GB 27 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 180GB free, PID fcd7 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	18.3% Very poor	Read 37.9 Write 40 Mixed 25 43% 34.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.31 56% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 18.3% Great: 18%

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 way above expectations (96^th percentile)	60.9% Good	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 18.6 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 20.8 SC Mixed 19.8 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 62.8 64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 61%

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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	2,318x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,194x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	421x

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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	202x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	138x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	252x
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 i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16