Asus Z97-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 88.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	27.4% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20140711
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 27 '16 at 22:31
Run Duration	903 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Memory 95.8 1-Core 108 2-Core 219 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 588 66% 517 Pts	64-Core 593 37% 593 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.14.4414 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
PNY SSD2SC240G5LC709B121-511 240GB 96 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 135GB free (System drive) Firmware: 560ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 74026821 (05) Reallocated sector count 97 97 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 86801289057080 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 780 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 25 (B1) Unknown 0 0 493 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 35 42 60132294691 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 74026821 (C4) Reallocation count 97 97 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 74026821 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 74026821 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 57 57 25769803776 (E9) Unknown 0 0 96137 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6117 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6117 (F2) Unknown 0 0 2953	27.4% Poor	Read 494 Write 0.82 Mixed 1.86 34% 166 MB/s	4K Read 18.8 4K Write 0.64 4K Mixed 0.07 29% 6.51 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 27.4% Great: 82%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 2TB 21,039 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1TB free Firmware: 0304 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	61.2% Good	Read 102 Write 111 Mixed 114 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.35 96% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 67%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 320GB 718 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 156GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	59.8% Above average	Read 105 Write 103 Mixed 108 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.24 4K Mixed 0.47 114% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 131%
WD My Passport 0740 1TB 4,204 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 488GB free, PID 0740 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	31.8% Below average	Read 72.3 Write 76.9 Mixed 69.9 95% 73 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.15 56% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 31.8% Great: 41%
ST332062 0AS 320GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 59GB free, PID 0c25 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	18.8% Very poor	Read 34.4 Write 38.2 Mixed 21.3 40% 31.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.25 69% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 18.8% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	67.9% Good	MC Read 24.1 MC Write 24.7 MC Mixed 21.4 67% 23.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 20.6 SC Mixed 22.2 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 54.8 73% 54.8 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 72%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	2,313x
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 $90Bench 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 $254	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 $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16