Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 86%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	8.75% 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	115% 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	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 09 '16 at 03:13
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	PRI-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (79^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 (100^th percentile)	86% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 116 2-Core 230 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 621 66% 526 Pts	64-Core 621 38% 621 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 86% 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. 10.18.13.6451 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	8.75% Terrible	Lighting 10.1 Reflection 9.19 Parallax 11.3 8% 10.2 fps	MRender 13.4 Gravity 9.07 Splatting 12.8 10% 11.8 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8.75% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vector 150 240GB-$246 1,607 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 192GB 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 4408 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1118 (AB) Unknown 80 80 81115984 (AE) Unknown 100 100 67 (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 (E9) Unknown 97 97 97 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4363 (F2) Unknown 100 100 8200 (F9) Unknown 100 100 162514683	115% Outstanding	Read 521 Write 502 Mixed 508 114% 510 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 38.3 158% 64.3 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 351 DQ Mixed 100 146% 273 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 110%
Intel 330 Series 180GB 5,848 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 115GB 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 47175921679466 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1821 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1818 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1279767 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 98 98 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1279767 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1208280 (F9) Unknown 100 100 40147	76.1% Very good	Read 489 Write 168 Mixed 227 64% 294 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 17.3 126% 54 MB/s	DQ Read 271 DQ Write 178 DQ Mixed 61.7 90% 170 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 83%
WD Red 6TB (2014)-$105 11,340 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 198 198 9083 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 18 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 87 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 18 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 27 (C2) HDA temperature 118 115 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	77.5% Very good	Read 147 Write 124 Mixed 132 101% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 0.47 4K Mixed 0.27 74% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 99%
WD Red 2.5" 1TB (2013)-$151 1,952 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 839GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 174 2008 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1171 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4331 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 926 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 91 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2963 (C2) HDA temperature 116 109 31 (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	61% Good	Read 106 Write 107 Mixed 100 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.19 4K Mixed 0.23 68% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 62%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 554GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 190 178 5475 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 318 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1909 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 315 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 26 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 329 (C2) HDA temperature 118 114 32 (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	73.5% Very good	Read 127 Write 130 Mixed 117 94% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 0.33 4K Mixed 0.31 76% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 73.5% 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 as expected (55^th percentile)	33.2% Below average	MC Read 11.7 MC Write 10.5 MC Mixed 8.5 29% 10.2 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 11.8 SC Mixed 11.4 33% 11.4 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 33.2% 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	2,305x
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	201x
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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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