Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	55.7% 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	88.1% 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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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	8.5 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 09 '18 at 17:06
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 112 2-Core 222 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 436 57% 430 Pts	64-Core 441 27% 441 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 367B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	55.7% Above average	Lighting 70.4 Reflection 70 Parallax 68.7 57% 69.7 fps	MRender 74.8 Gravity 65.1 Splatting 56.2 52% 65.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7189 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1381 (B1) Unknown 95 95 92 (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 67 57 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 52 (F1) Unknown 99 99 21867126919	88.1% Excellent	Read 499 Write 404 Mixed 414 98% 439 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 75.2 4K Mixed 32.7 132% 47.1 MB/s	DQ Read 40 DQ Write 105 DQ Mixed 22.9 32% 56.1 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 115%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 715GB free Firmware: MK7OA840 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 84 (03) Spinup time 148 148 38686884193 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 358 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 123 123 31 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2654 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 358 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 621 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 621 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 193274380323 (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	85.3% Excellent	Read 147 Write 150 Mixed 98.7 98% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.4 100% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 82%
Dell Recovery USB 8GB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 4GB free, PID null Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	22.7% Poor	Read 108 Write 12.1 Mixed 23.2 43% 47.9 MB/s	4K Read 6.57 4K Write 0.89 4K Mixed 0.72 79% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 22.7% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 0467 RMR5040ED58E9W1600 1315 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 12GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	49.4% Average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 17.2 MC Mixed 15.1 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 17.5 SC Mixed 16.4 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 62.4 64% 62.4 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 63%

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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	2,338x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,204x
Core i7-4790Intel $132Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	423x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	800x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	345x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	310x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	275x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	203x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	139x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	252x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	156x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	120x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $798

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