Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.1%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	33.9% is a below average 3D score (GTX 1070 = 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	76.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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 8 years and 10 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.

Very high background CPU (52%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. Find active processes with Windows task manager (CTRL+SHIFT+ESC).

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	4.5 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140508
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 01 '17 at 00:58
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	52%

PC Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
Intel Core i7-4770K-$470 53,873 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	68.1% Good	SC Int 98.7 SC Float 95.7 SC Mixed 94.1 77% 96.2 Pts	QC Int 321 QC Float 333 QC Mixed 330 74% 328 Pts	MC Int 542 MC Float 573 MC Mixed 565 84% 560 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$285 268,939 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Asus(1043 85AC) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 372.70 Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	33.9% Below average	Lighting 84.2 Reflection 91.9 Parallax 86.7 26% 87.6 fps	MRender 78.2 Gravity 112 Splatting 85.3 40% 91.9 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 33.9% Great: 78%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 335 Series 240GB-$202 1,618 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 21GB free Firmware: 335u Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s SYSTEM NCQ 4KALIGNED SSD TRIM S.M.A.R.T Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 113567525245915 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2455 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 481 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 473835 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 473835 (F2) Unknown 100 100 478317 (F9) Unknown 100 100 9955	76.9% Very good	Read 470 Write 258 Mixed 320 77% 349 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 86.6 4K Mixed 17.1 113% 44.5 MB/s	DQ Read 257 DQ Write 180 DQ Mixed 66.2 91% 168 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$83 6,832 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s NCQ 5980 RPM 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 79 64 78620071 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 187 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 12648286 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -41991895252764 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 189 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 69 57 521797663 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 48 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1069 (C2) HDA temperature 31 43 73014444063 (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 -44508746088250 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4078361626 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2370581818	69.1% Good	Read 139 Write 102 Mixed 77.7 79% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.26 90% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$83 102,370 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 36GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s NCQ 7200 RPM 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 208535862 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7489 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 338492728 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 12034 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3694 (B7) Unknown 98 98 2 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 75 75 25 (BC) Unknown 100 99 42950328331 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 67 53 555352097 (C2) HDA temperature 33 47 55834574881 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 35 23 208535862 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -64531883601639 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3991113751 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1588427265	51% Above average	Read 89.6 Write 88.2 Mixed 57 58% 78.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.48 97% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-057.A00LF Hynix HMT125U6TFR8C-H9 Hynix HMT125U6TFR8C-H9 12GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 2048, 2048 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	44.3% Average	MC Read 16.4 MC Write 17.2 MC Mixed 13.4 45% 15.7 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 12.8 SC Mixed 9.9 31% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 76.7 52% 76.7 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 44%

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Gaming 63%

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Desktop 80%

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Workstation 58%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-A - $143

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $352Bench 88%, 125,915 samples	3,188x
Core i5-4690KIntel $255Bench 82%, 80,192 samples	2,241x
Core i7-4790Intel $308Bench 77%, 58,635 samples	437x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $370Bench 63%, 263,122 samples	1,733x
GTX 1070Nvidia $447Bench 98%, 274,723 samples	716x
GTX 1080Nvidia $510Bench 125%, 232,433 samples	566x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $104Bench 94%, 310,365 samples	888x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $117Bench 96%, 183,799 samples	550x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $205Bench 79%, 73,919 samples	478x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 58%, 28,967 samples	312x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 20,255 samples	242x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 60%, 12,775 samples	236x

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Value: 74% - Very good

Total price: $969

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $340	Nvidia GTX 1070 $447	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $104
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $175	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $285	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $117
Intel Core i5-8600K $239	AMD RX 480 $280	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $116

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $44	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $177	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $44
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $951	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $30
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $31	HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB $226	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12