Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 25% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 84%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	28.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	105% 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.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 21 '17 at 10:20
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 above expectations (84^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Memory 91.4 1-Core 124 2-Core 232 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 581 63% 499 Pts	64-Core 660 41% 660 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% XFX(1682 9275) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 16.12.2 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	28.4% Poor	Lighting 36 Reflection 32.4 Parallax 43.2 29% 37.2 fps	MRender 28.8 Gravity 29.9 Splatting 36.5 26% 31.7 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 28.4% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 460A 240GB-$177 1,086 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6925 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 641 (AB) Unknown 100 100 80247632 (AE) Unknown 100 100 31 (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 98 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 97 97 97 (F1) Unknown 100 100 7775 (F2) Unknown 100 100 5156 (F9) Unknown 100 100 352367464	105% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 478 Mixed 476 108% 485 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 21.9 149% 63.8 MB/s	DQ Read 295 DQ Write 281 DQ Mixed 54.5 105% 210 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$78 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 198GB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 3496 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2886 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 118701833 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15019 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1722 (B7) Unknown 1 1 472 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 30065229848 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 70 54 9128247326 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 163 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3104 (C2) HDA temperature 30 46 -140737488355298 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 36 11 3496 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 11 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 25301652355703 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3773541003 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1079581315	62.8% Good	Read 111 Write 109 Mixed 102 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.97 4K Mixed 0.69 111% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 75%
Maxtor STM3500320AS 500GB 5,105 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 68GB free Firmware: MX1A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 201152585 (03) Spinup time 94 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5681 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 55 60148899541 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 16320 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 14 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1955 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 21475164166 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 77 59 487850007 (C2) HDA temperature 23 41 47244640279 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 31 20 201152585 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2	46.1% Average	Read 82.6 Write 77.9 Mixed 81.2 61% 80.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.43 104% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 59%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 47GB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 75573272 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5476 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 34465010765 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11454 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1042 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 12885098510 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 55 521404443 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 58 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 20853 (C2) HDA temperature 27 45 47244640283 (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 105931073393842 (F1) Unknown 100 253 20208704870 (F2) Unknown 100 253 33996832260	88.5% Excellent	Read 172 Write 136 Mixed 120 107% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.26 75% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/4G KHX2400C11D3/4GX KHX1600C10D3/4G KHX2400C11D3/4GX 16GB 71 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1600, 2400, 1600, 2400 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	57.7% Above average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 16.7 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 21.8 SC Mixed 19.8 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 65.1 61% 65.1 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 67%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-A - $150

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,317x
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 $90Bench 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 $293	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16