Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 92.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	86.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	65.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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	20.4 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140930
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 03 '17 at 16:13
Run Duration	217 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Memory 97.3 1-Core 134 2-Core 269 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 511 8-Core 515 68% 513 Pts	64-Core 501 31% 501 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3236) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 375.95 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 116 Parallax 104 91% 110 fps	MRender 95.3 Gravity 101 Splatting 89.9 78% 95.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 22GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2289 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 434 (B1) Unknown 99 99 4 (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 79 61 21 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 5 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1994500693	121% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 494 Mixed 501 113% 505 MB/s	4K Read 38.1 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 43.9 178% 67.4 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 163 175% 290 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 124%
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM04B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 18480 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 962 (B1) Unknown 83 83 597 (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 78 51 22 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 330 (F1) Unknown 99 99 27210438418	65.2% Good	Read 470 Write 80 Mixed 109 47% 220 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 77.8 4K Mixed 18.1 116% 43.4 MB/s	DQ Read 274 DQ Write 76.8 DQ Mixed 45.4 67% 132 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 110%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 644GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 6475 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5838 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 33 33 49300 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1300 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 98 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5836 (C2) HDA temperature 130 91 20 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	54% Above average	Read 101 Write 87 Mixed 94.1 71% 94 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 0.47 120% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 76%
WD WD3200JD-22K 320GB 730 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 324GB free Firmware: 08.05J08 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 204 184 4783 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12519 (05) Reallocated sector count 199 199 1 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 1 1 103813 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 99 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1426 (C2) HDA temperature 136 83 14 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	21.4% Poor	Read 46 Write 28.6 Mixed 38.3 28% 37.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 0.69 4K Mixed 0.35 74% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 21.4% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2400C11D3/4GX 0215 CMY16GX3M2A2400C11 KHX2400C11D3/4GX 0215 CMY16GX3M2A2400C11 24GB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2400, 1600, 2400, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	MC Read 32.4 MC Write 34.1 MC Mixed 29.5 91% 32 GB/s	SC Read 21.2 SC Write 24.7 SC Mixed 26.9 69% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 49.2 81% 49.2 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 89.7% Great: 88%

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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	2,310x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,186x
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 $94Bench 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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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