Asus Z97-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 81.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	4.4% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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	27.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 27 '18 at 17:35
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1276 v3-$300 297 User benchmarks, average bench 77% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Memory 93.9 1-Core 118 2-Core 226 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 373 8-Core 606 60% 489 Pts	64-Core 612 38% 612 Pts
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD Graphics P4600 2,141 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	4.4% Terrible	Lighting 4.33 Reflection 7.65 Parallax 7.47 4% 6.49 fps	MRender 10.8 Gravity 2.63 Splatting 8.61 6% 7.35 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.4% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$62 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 99438504 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 303 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 543357 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 543 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 194 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 73 68 454230043 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 32 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2435 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 51539607579 (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 136872017789233 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6187805043 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1456053349	102% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 161 Mixed 168 131% 174 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.18 79% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 114%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$40 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 521GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 171 2250 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 410 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 901 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 328 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 132 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 277 (C2) HDA temperature 116 106 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	98.5% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 166 Mixed 162 127% 168 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 2.55 4K Mixed 0.31 116% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 108%
Studio 2TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2TB free, PID null Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	68.9% Good	Read 177 Write 167 Mixed 163 216% 169 MB/s	4K Read 0.92 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.22 83% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 69%
Studio 2TB 34 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2TB free, PID 301a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	74.7% Very good	Read 195 Write 186 Mixed 147 221% 176 MB/s	4K Read 1.12 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.19 74% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GB 6,467 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1632 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	61.1% Good	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 18.3 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 21 57% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 60.1 67% 60.1 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 65%

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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	2,317x
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	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	251x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	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 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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