Asus Z97-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, GPU, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Boot Drive	70% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150212
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 07 '15 at 12:57
Run Duration	605 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 123 2-Core 250 84% 187 Pts	4-Core 405 8-Core 697 67% 551 Pts	64-Core 694 43% 694 Pts
Poor: 67% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.14.4206 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 158GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 156408198 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 125507534324851 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 19 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 4 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 23 29 42951573527 (C2) HDA temperature 23 29 42951573527 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 156408198 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 156408198 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 156408198 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 38654705664 (E9) Unknown 0 0 1769 (EA) Unknown 0 0 929 (F1) Unknown 0 0 929 (F2) Unknown 0 0 329 (F4) Unknown 100 100 2424857	70% Good	Read 508 Write 189 Mixed 263 70% 320 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 13.6 121% 55.2 MB/s	DQ Read 31 DQ Write 137 DQ Mixed 13.2 31% 60.5 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 982GB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 19448 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2330 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 18860580 (09) Power-on hours count 74 11 23088 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 202 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 95 30065229837 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 52 554893337 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 111 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2398 (C2) HDA temperature 25 48 60129542169 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 22 3 19448 (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 30249454685070 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3514020616 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3798277893	54.7% Above average	Read 100 Write 88.6 Mixed 73.7 66% 87.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 6.07 4K Mixed 0.38 171% 2.28 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 75%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 591GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 156 155 7175 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2546 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 22 22 57046 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 285 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 25 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2546 (C2) HDA temperature 123 89 27 (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 4 (C8) Write error rate 200 199 0	47.4% Average	Read 99.7 Write 65.1 Mixed 90.1 64% 85 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 2.08 4K Mixed 0.27 89% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 51%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 307GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 156 152 7158 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2685 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 24 24 55553 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 500 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 44 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2685 (C2) HDA temperature 124 90 26 (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 29900 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	40.6% Average	Read 71.8 Write 69.2 Mixed 68.5 53% 69.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 2.07 4K Mixed 0.28 95% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 57%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 153GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 99 22332192 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2051 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 60 1257098 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 19787 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 146 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 59 638713886 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 81 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 8754 (C2) HDA temperature 30 41 38654705694 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 367 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 90933047592495 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7071216027 (F2) Unknown 100 253 8394595768	108% Outstanding	Read 214 Write 165 Mixed 150 132% 176 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.23 65% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 113%
Seagate Expansion Desk 2TB 7,241 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1.5TB free, PID 3312 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 113725784 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 208 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 58 57 34365726411 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3630 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 130 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 4 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 62 46 706805798 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 32 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2947 (C2) HDA temperature 38 54 51539607590 (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 46067819217480 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7426536394 (F2) Unknown 100 253 5571109100	74.9% Very good	Read 120 Write 147 Mixed 111 164% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 8.28 4K Mixed 0.59 304% 3.14 MB/s	DQ Read 0.61 DQ Write 6.67 DQ Mixed 0.54 247% 2.61 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 74%
WDC WD20 EARX-00PASB0 2TB 130 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 1TB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	11% Very poor	Read 31.7 Write 24.3 Mixed 24.6 33% 26.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.33 4K Mixed 0.15 18% 0.29 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 11% Great: 48%
ST4000DM 000-1F2168 4TB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 2TB free, PID 2339 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	14.7% Very poor	Read 32.8 Write 28.6 Mixed 30.2 39% 30.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.18 4K Mixed 0.23 50% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 14.7% Great: 18%
WDC WD20 EARS-00S8B1 2TB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 497GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	10.3% Very poor	Read 27.6 Write 23.7 Mixed 26.7 33% 26 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 0.35 4K Mixed 0.14 18% 0.26 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 10.3% Great: 38%
ST4000DM 000-1F2168 4TB 203 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 448GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	13.8% Very poor	Read 32.9 Write 28.6 Mixed 29.9 39% 30.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 0.88 4K Mixed 0.18 38% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 13.8% Great: 62%
SAMSUNG HD501LJ 500GB 63 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 377GB free, PID 2339 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	14.3% Very poor	Read 31.8 Write 27.7 Mixed 29.5 38% 29.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.12 4K Mixed 0.39 54% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 14.3% Great: 19%
SAMSUNG HD501LJ 500GB 63 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 239GB free, PID 2339 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 11% Great: 19%
WDC WD50 00AADS-00S9B0 500GB 203GB free, PID 2339 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	15.6% Very poor	Read 31.4 Write 27.4 Mixed 28.2 37% 29 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.27 66% 0.82 MB/s

WDC WD20 EARX-00PASB0 2TB 128GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	11% Very poor	Read 31.3 Write 23.8 Mixed 25.9 34% 27 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 0.35 4K Mixed 0.14 19% 0.38 MB/s

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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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