Asus Z97-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 25% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	38.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	9 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140930
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 10 '17 at 06:38
Run Duration	285 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460S 10,941 User benchmarks, average bench 66% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	Memory 93.8 1-Core 102 2-Core 204 78% 134 Pts	4-Core 386 8-Core 347 50% 367 Pts	64-Core 378 23% 378 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 3960) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1592 MHz, MLim: 1790 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	38.7% Below average	Lighting 50.5 Reflection 49.2 Parallax 42.7 41% 47.4 fps	MRender 40.2 Gravity 44.7 Splatting 40 34% 41.6 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 38.7% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 82GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC62 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 63 133108147 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 479 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 153814360 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2388 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 474 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 51 471400476 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 502 (C2) HDA temperature 28 17 73014444060 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 1 1 133108147 (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 -23033909606067 (F1) Unknown 100 253 28147296181 (F2) Unknown 100 253 34187140889	61.4% Good	Read 118 Write 96.2 Mixed 110 82% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.27 78% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 112%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 128GB 2,131 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 66GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	7.84% Terrible	Read 13.5 Write 4.76 Mixed 6.54 9% 8.26 MB/s	4K Read 3.59 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.35 70% 1.75 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.84% Great: 16%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown RMR5030KE68F9F1600 1315 CT102464BA160B.M16 12GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	65.3% Good	MC Read 23.6 MC Write 25 MC Mixed 20.6 66% 23.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 18.8 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 60.4 66% 60.4 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 65%

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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	2,303x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,183x
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	201x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	136x

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 $275	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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