Asus Z97-A

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Graphics	6.94% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	51.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 9 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.

High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140620
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	May 27 '15 at 09:23
Run Duration	197 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 103 2-Core 204 70% 154 Pts	4-Core 367 8-Core 596 59% 482 Pts	64-Core 603 37% 603 Pts
Poor: 60% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 740 30,433 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Asus(1043 84CB) 1GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 9.18.13.5012 Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	6.94% Terrible	Lighting 7.63 Reflection 7.46 Parallax 9.22 6% 8.1 fps	MRender 8.67 Gravity 8.73 Splatting 12.2 8% 9.87 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 6.94% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 42GB free Firmware: EXT0AB0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 24112 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 41 (B1) Unknown 97 97 31 (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 74 60 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 10 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5983404925	92.2% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 346 Mixed 281 83% 377 MB/s	4K Read 44.3 4K Write 77.4 4K Mixed 24.4 139% 48.7 MB/s	DQ Read 247 DQ Write 212 DQ Mixed 48 86% 169 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 118%
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 7GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -125361504516515 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 97 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 97 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 115 115 120505492 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 97 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 548769 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 46 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 548769 (F2) Unknown 100 100 471112 (F9) Unknown 100 100 22122	51.3% Above average	Read 481 Write 110 Mixed 143 53% 245 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 16 4K Mixed 14.3 75% 20.8 MB/s	DQ Read 100 DQ Write 42.9 DQ Mixed 25.7 31% 56.2 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 88%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 931GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 84 173 (03) Spinup time 77 77 7860 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 534 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 26895 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 68 (0D) Soft read error rate 99 84 173 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 541 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 78 52 437321750 (C2) HDA temperature 83 49 470876177 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 73270 (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 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	58.9% Above average	Read 107 Write 98.3 Mixed 105 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.46 122% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 62%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 922GB free Firmware: 1AA01109 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 99 68 (03) Spinup time 77 77 7760 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 469 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 33855 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 74 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 99 55 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 111 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 77 52 403767319 (C2) HDA temperature 83 49 470876177 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 427382 (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 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	60.7% Good	Read 105 Write 106 Mixed 59.4 67% 90.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 2.42 4K Mixed 0.51 132% 1.22 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 62%
Dell Virtual Disk 500GB 153 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 466GB free Firmware: 1028 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	Read 211 Write 112 Mixed 143 117% 156 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 0.54 4K Mixed 0.43 107% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 93%

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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	2,312x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,188x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	792x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	342x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	307x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	271x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	202x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	137x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	250x
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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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

Asus Z97-A

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PC Performing above expectations (61st percentile)

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