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Asus Z97-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Boot Drive	113% 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.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 09 '16 at 15:38
Run Duration	104 Seconds
Run User	EST-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 5.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 97.4 1-Core 152 2-Core 299 101% 183 Pts	4-Core 576 8-Core 813 87% 694 Pts	64-Core 816 50% 816 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 102% 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. 20.19.15.4380 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 80GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1356 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1030 (B1) Unknown 99 99 6 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 52 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 56 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7956699648	113% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 413 Mixed 416 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 46.3 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 39.3 176% 63.4 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 83.9 126% 238 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$30 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 551GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 71898904 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1910 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 41530452 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2527 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1887 (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 72 59 488243228 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 88 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 82 82 37099 (C2) HDA temperature 28 41 77309411356 (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 -26697516710064 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9191888824 (F2) Unknown 100 253 674793293641	103% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 169 Mixed 172 134% 178 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.19 92% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3 1600G 2OZ 2x8GB 393 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 26 MC Mixed 22.9 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 27.6 SC Mixed 23.5 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 48.5 82% 48.5 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 73%

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Typical Z97-A Builds (Compare 5,225 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	2,392x
Core i5-4690KIntel $43Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,233x
Core i7-4790Intel $115Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	444x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	818x
GTX 1070Nvidia $200Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	356x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	314x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	284x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	209x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	140x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	261x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	161x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	126x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $798

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