Asus Z97-A

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 82.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	77.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (62%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	17.5 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Aug 16 '17 at 21:45
Run Duration	118 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	62%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$52 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Memory 88.2 1-Core 107 2-Core 231 80% 142 Pts	4-Core 439 8-Core 441 59% 440 Pts	64-Core 437 27% 437 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 77%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY SSD2SC240G1CS2754D117-488 240GB 1,955 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS211101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (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 1252 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1046 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 57 (B1) Unknown 0 0 114 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 28 100 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 40704 (C4) Reallocation count 98 98 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 101 (E7) Temperature 100 100 28 (E9) Unknown 0 0 3 (EA) Unknown 0 0 64 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9392 (F2) Unknown 0 0 11956	77.9% Very good	Read 509 Write 295 Mixed 334 84% 379 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 76.3 4K Mixed 14.6 94% 38 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 279 DQ Mixed 65.8 108% 207 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 97%
Seagate ST1000VM002-1CT162 1TB 39,407 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 928GB free Firmware: SC23 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 96 87 160523288 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 168 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 56 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 39023346440 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 28980 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 176 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 578 (BC) Unknown 100 94 51540393996 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 619 (BE) vendor-specific 77 51 386990103 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 97 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 235 (C2) HDA temperature 23 49 64424509463 (C5) Current pending sector count 93 93 1248 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 93 93 1248 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	73.5% Very good	Read 128 Write 129 Mixed 99.2 89% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 0.84 4K Mixed 0.19 72% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 98%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 119GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 150669552 (03) Spinup time 98 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 860 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 50468324 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4348 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 665 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 80 80 20 (BE) vendor-specific 74 59 437321754 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 80 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 26498 (C2) HDA temperature 26 41 60129542170 (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 -3762391348221 (F1) Unknown 100 253 29025942242 (F2) Unknown 100 253 743064549069	74% Very good	Read 133 Write 125 Mixed 120 95% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.14 60% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMY16GX3M2A2400C11 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 0215 CMY16GX3M2A2400C11 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 24GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	68.9% Good	MC Read 24.7 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 22.7 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 20.3 SC Mixed 19.1 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 69.3 58% 69.3 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 69%

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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	2,310x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,185x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	791x
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 $94Bench 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 $273	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 $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