Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 78%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	27% 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	112% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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	4.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit색
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Sep 12 '17 at 12:05
Run Duration	119 Seconds
Run User	KOR-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1230 v3-$217 8,137 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	78% Very good	Memory 91.5 1-Core 105 2-Core 185 75% 127 Pts	4-Core 348 8-Core 540 55% 444 Pts	64-Core 535 33% 535 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-$101 269,381 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Asus(1043 85D2) 2GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	27% Poor	Lighting 33.4 Reflection 6.81 Parallax 25.9 27% 22 fps	MRender 38 Gravity 32.2 Splatting 29 27% 33 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 27% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
RevuAhn_880SS 128GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: AF0512A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 32 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 57 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 36 (A3) Unknown 100 100 24 (A4) Unknown 100 100 11527 (A5) Unknown 100 100 24 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 11 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 10 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 50 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 116 (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 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 27909 (F2) Unknown 100 100 27699 (F5) Unknown 100 100 46108	112% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 461 Mixed 491 109% 486 MB/s	4K Read 36.7 4K Write 85 4K Mixed 47.1 161% 56.3 MB/s	DQ Read 300 DQ Write 291 DQ Mixed 80.5 120% 224 MB/s
Poor: 97% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 112%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 747GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 70 (03) Spinup time 137 137 21492334879 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4259 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 10279 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1730 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 4440 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 4440 (C2) HDA temperature 153 153 206159151143 (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	72% Very good	Read 134 Write 117 Mixed 137 98% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1.06 4K Write 2.14 4K Mixed 0.23 110% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown IM34GU48Y28-CEEEM 2x4GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1867 MHz clocked @ 1923 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	61.1% Good	MC Read 22.7 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 18.4 61% 21.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 19.5 SC Mixed 18.1 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 81%

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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	1,192x
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 $90Bench 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 $40
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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16