Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	13.2% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	87.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	7.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 08 '18 at 09:51
Run Duration	373 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Memory 92.1 1-Core 120 2-Core 242 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 649 67% 539 Pts	64-Core 633 39% 633 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 460-$203 31,648 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Gigabyte(1458 34FC) 1GB CLim: 715 MHz, MLim: 900 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	13.2% Very poor	Lighting 15.2 Reflection 17.7 Parallax 13.5 12% 15.5 fps	MRender 21.2 Gravity 15.4 Splatting 17.7 15% 18.1 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 13.2% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2914 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 570 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3 (AA) Unknown 100 100 670 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3080316 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 159 (C2) HDA temperature 66 57 184684511266 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 3 (DA) Unknown 100 100 3 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (E9) Unknown 100 100 9190 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4587 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2483 (F4) Unknown 100 100 47 (F5) Unknown 100 100 124 (F6) Unknown 100 100 3280960	87.5% Excellent	Read 508 Write 401 Mixed 498 105% 469 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 84.3 4K Mixed 14 110% 43.2 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 228 DQ Mixed 14 76% 174 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 111%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 505GB free Firmware: 1AJ1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 69 69 9447 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3340 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11741 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1585 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 6 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 59 176094445600 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 60 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 3380	69.7% Good	Read 113 Write 130 Mixed 110 88% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.22 4K Write 2.51 4K Mixed 0.33 92% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 555GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 59409808 (03) Spinup time 97 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2363 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 3680233 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2939 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 472 (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 68 56 537853984 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 45 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7815 (C2) HDA temperature 32 44 55834574880 (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 46072114184566 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9513025735 (F2) Unknown 100 253 78916576330	94.7% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 149 Mixed 158 122% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.19 67% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 114%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 70GB free Firmware: 1AJ1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 69 69 9499 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 3006 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11730 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1583 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 41 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 52 206159413283 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 13 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 3046	47% Average	Read 75.8 Write 87.6 Mixed 71.6 59% 78.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.29 4K Mixed 0.51 129% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 75%
Lexar CF USB_3_0 Read 64GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 51GB free, PID b050 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	13.9% Very poor	Read 34.3 Write 25.8 Mixed 10.8 27% 23.6 MB/s	4K Read 4.58 4K Write 0.73 4K Mixed 0.25 50% 1.86 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 13.9% Great: 52%
Sony Camcorder 40GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 28GB free, PID 0346 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	9.28% Terrible	Read 20.4 Write 16.9 Mixed 17.2 23% 18.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.25 4K Write 0.84 4K Mixed 0.18 36% 0.42 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 9.28% Great: 10%
WD My Passport 0740 500GB 3,483 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 14GB free, PID 0740 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	21.1% Poor	Read 40.7 Write 41.8 Mixed 32.8 49% 38.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.15 72% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 21.1% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	58.9% Above average	MC Read 21 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 18.3 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 18.8 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 63.9 63% 63.9 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 63%

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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	2,315x
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	793x
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	272x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	202x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	138x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	250x
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 $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16