Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 81.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	24.9% 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	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	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Aug 04 '17 at 11:03
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	PRI-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4771-$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 (95^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Memory 92 1-Core 117 2-Core 224 83% 144 Pts	4-Core 388 8-Core 607 61% 497 Pts	64-Core 607 38% 607 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Asus(1043 858D) 2GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	24.9% Poor	Lighting 30.3 Reflection 29.3 Parallax 28 25% 29.2 fps	MRender 37.3 Gravity 28.4 Splatting 28.8 25% 31.5 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 24.9% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 330 Series 180GB 5,848 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 167GB free Firmware: 300i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -122045789778238 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2670 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2063 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1580094 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 97 97 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1580094 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1397200 (F9) Unknown 100 100 49202	78.3% Very good	Read 490 Write 161 Mixed 236 64% 295 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 20.6 139% 56.5 MB/s	DQ Read 203 DQ Write 187 DQ Mixed 62.5 83% 151 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 83%
OCZ Vector 150 240GB-$246 1,607 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 162GB 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 8708 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1976 (AB) Unknown 80 80 81115984 (AE) Unknown 100 100 114 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 208 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 94 94 94 (F1) Unknown 100 100 9579 (F2) Unknown 100 100 14952 (F9) Unknown 100 100 363891785	114% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 499 Mixed 505 113% 507 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 38.8 156% 63.2 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 99.9 145% 270 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 110%
WD Red 8TB (2016)-$180 4,231 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 4TB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 132 132 112 (03) Spinup time 149 149 34388705722 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 41 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 249 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 41 (16) Unknown 100 100 100 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 60 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 60 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 176095297572 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	68% Good	Read 132 Write 105 Mixed 119 90% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.04 4K Mixed 0.4 95% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 97%
Toshiba External USB 3.0 6TB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0103 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Read 155 Write 125 Mixed 119 100% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 2.85 4K Mixed 0.3 122% 1.34 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 82%
WD WD20NPVX-00EA4T0 2TB 852 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 597GB free Firmware: 0108 Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	48.8% Average	Read 85 Write 84.8 Mixed 82.7 63% 84.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.22 80% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 60%

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 (23^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31.6% Below average	MC Read 10.6 MC Write 10.3 MC Mixed 8.2 28% 9.7 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 11.6 SC Mixed 10.1 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 64 62% 64 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 31.6% Great: 58%

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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	2,306x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,184x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	789x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	341x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	307x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	270x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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