Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 81.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.9% 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	108% 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	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	18.2 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	9 Days
Run Date	Dec 30 '17 at 18:17
Run Duration	435 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Memory 88.4 1-Core 120 2-Core 239 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 649 64% 526 Pts	64-Core 657 41% 657 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 87%

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. 20.19.15.4835 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 113 Parallax 97 90% 107 fps	MRender 95.9 Gravity 100 Splatting 101 81% 99.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$49 58,154 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 625 Write 546 Mixed 597 132% 590 MB/s	4K Read 19.4 4K Write 74.7 4K Mixed 32.3 110% 42.1 MB/s	DQ Read 263 DQ Write 411 DQ Mixed 14.4 102% 229 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 157%
Seagate Archive HDD 8TB (2015)-$120 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 1.5TB free Firmware: AR13 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 115015024 (03) Spinup time 93 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 84 84 16451 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 9666455 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 15782 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2386 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 94 270587068479 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 52 672596004 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 94 94 12733 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 85 85 30279 (C2) HDA temperature 36 48 51539607588 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 116 99 115015024 (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 127783866995258 (F1) Unknown 100 253 12210043614 (F2) Unknown 100 253 7779294344
Poor: 21% Great: 87%
Seagate Archive HDD 8TB (2015)-$120 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 1.5TB free Firmware: AR13 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 101 99 3356792 (03) Spinup time 92 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 86 86 15350 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 12946055409 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15733 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2373 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 94 412323151968 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 49 655818787 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 11910 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 28621 (C2) HDA temperature 35 51 51539607587 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 101 99 3356792 (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 -26968099646330 (F1) Unknown 100 253 14831747753 (F2) Unknown 100 253 7182619077
Poor: 21% Great: 87%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 428GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 127 119 6625 (04) Start/Stop count 83 83 17519 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 48 48 38093 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4767 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1104 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 30 30 511051 (C2) HDA temperature 118 90 29 (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	46.5% Average	Read 93 Write 68.8 Mixed 68.8 58% 76.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.22 67% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 59%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 118GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 123 115 6825 (04) Start/Stop count 82 82 18878 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 47 47 38821 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4764 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1116 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 47 47 460767 (C2) HDA temperature 115 91 32 (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	39.5% Below average	Read 74 Write 63.6 Mixed 68.9 52% 68.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.13 58% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 39.5% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G3D1609ES2LX0. 0215 CML8GX3M2A1600C9 1315 BLS8G3D1609ES2LX0. 0215 CML8GX3M2A1600C9 24GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.2% Above average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 15.3 48% 17 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 18 SC Mixed 16.8 46% 16 GB/s	Latency 69.1 58% 69.1 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 51%

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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	2,313x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,193x
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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	202x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 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) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16