Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 83.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	8.67% 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	114% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 21 '16 at 15:15
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	PRI-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4771-$129 11,180 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Memory 91.7 1-Core 116 2-Core 219 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 408 8-Core 604 63% 506 Pts	64-Core 605 37% 605 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 740 30,433 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Asus(1043 84CB) 1GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6839 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	8.67% Terrible	Lighting 10 Reflection 9.15 Parallax 11.2 8% 10.1 fps	MRender 13.3 Gravity 9.03 Splatting 12.7 10% 11.7 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8.67% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vector 150 240GB-$246 1,607 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 181GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5471 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1296 (AB) Unknown 80 80 81115984 (AE) Unknown 100 100 78 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 120 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 96 96 96 (F1) Unknown 100 100 5066 (F2) Unknown 100 100 9640 (F9) Unknown 100 100 190159687	114% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 494 Mixed 504 113% 505 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 38.2 155% 63.1 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 99.8 144% 268 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 110%
Intel 330 Series 180GB 5,848 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 168GB free Firmware: 300i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -9552006364957 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1999 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1996 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1359436 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 98 98 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1359436 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1255757 (F9) Unknown 100 100 42823	76% Very good	Read 487 Write 170 Mixed 226 64% 294 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 18.4 126% 53 MB/s	DQ Read 256 DQ Write 180 DQ Mixed 59.1 87% 165 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 83%
WD Red 6TB (2014)-$129 11,340 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 198 198 9100 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 196 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1257 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 196 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 12 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 202 (C2) HDA temperature 118 114 34 (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	82.6% Excellent	Read 174 Write 114 Mixed 108 99% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 0.45 4K Mixed 0.24 68% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 99%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 364GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 178 6000 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 497 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3082 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 493 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 37 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 503 (C2) HDA temperature 117 114 33 (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	57.3% Above average	Read 101 Write 98.9 Mixed 87.4 72% 95.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 0.42 4K Mixed 0.25 71% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMX16GX3M2A1600C11 0215 CMX8GX3M1A1600C11 16GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1333, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32.1% Below average	MC Read 10.9 MC Write 10.5 MC Mixed 8.4 28% 9.93 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 11.4 SC Mixed 10.4 31% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 58%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-A - $150

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,310x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,185x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	791x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	342x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	307x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	271x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	202x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	137x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	248x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	151x
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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16