Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 84.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	16.8% 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)
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	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 29 '17 at 23:35
Run Duration	249 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Memory 92.6 1-Core 117 2-Core 223 83% 144 Pts	4-Core 445 8-Core 442 59% 444 Pts	64-Core 435 27% 435 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270-$140 47,409 User benchmarks, average bench 24% Sapphire(174B E271) CLim: 945 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.10.3 Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	16.8% Very poor	Lighting 19 Reflection 12.1 Parallax 36.1 16% 22.4 fps	MRender 12.6 Gravity 25.6 Splatting 29.8 20% 22.7 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 16.8% Great: 26%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 126GB free Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 6950 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2473 (A5) Unknown 100 100 227677504038 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 17 (A8) Unknown 100 100 100 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 6 (AE) Unknown 100 100 332 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 48 206159413280 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2461034349117 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1466 (EA) Unknown 100 100 5777 (F1) Unknown 253 253 4338 (F2) Unknown 253 253 5116 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	64.2% Good	Read 470 Write 178 Mixed 224 64% 291 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 69.1 4K Mixed 14.6 102% 38.2 MB/s	DQ Read 31.6 DQ Write 198 DQ Mixed 14.2 40% 81.2 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 101%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12822 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 4149 (B1) Unknown 91 91 97 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 54 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1692 (F1) Unknown 99 99 24091576895
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 429GB free Firmware: 07.04C07 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 164 161 4783 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13577 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 51 51 35841 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6465 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 700 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 13576 (C2) HDA temperature 110 96 37 (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 4 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	51.7% Above average	Read 98.3 Write 81.6 Mixed 89.4 68% 89.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.38 96% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 62%
WD Blue 250GB (2007)-$20 41,230 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 188GB free Firmware: 12.01B02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 53 (03) Spinup time 150 146 5466 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7157 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 20041 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4900 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 580 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7157 (C2) HDA temperature 108 96 39 (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 30 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	46.3% Average	Read 82.4 Write 78.4 Mixed 78.6 60% 79.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 2.41 4K Mixed 0.44 121% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 55%
Hitachi HTS542516K9SA00 160GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 145GB free, PID 0621 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	17.9% Very poor	Read 39 Write 38.4 Mixed 5.24 32% 27.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.21 4K Mixed 0.35 55% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 17.9% Great: 18%
Hitachi HTS541616J9SA00 160GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 93GB free, PID 0621 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	15.8% Very poor	Read 35.9 Write 35.9 Mixed 36.6 47% 36.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 0.87 4K Mixed 0.22 38% 0.48 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 15.8% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x4GB 5,522 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2400 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (45^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	61.4% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 18.2 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 20.1 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 62.9 64% 62.9 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 91%

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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 i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

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