Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	36.2% 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	97.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	3.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 30 '18 at 12:40
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-4150-$41 36,627 User benchmarks, average bench 55% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	71.4% Very good	Memory 94.5 1-Core 107 2-Core 193 78% 132 Pts	4-Core 282 8-Core 281 38% 282 Pts	64-Core 280 17% 280 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% Asus(1043 8465) 2GB CLim: 1215 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	36.2% Below average	Lighting 43.6 Reflection 39.4 Parallax 53 36% 45.3 fps	MRender 54.4 Gravity 49.4 Splatting 37.7 38% 47.2 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 36.2% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 184GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^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 10854 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1473 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 94 94 182 (AE) Unknown 100 100 59 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 75 49 219044184089 (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 4 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 94 94 6 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 49174234064 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1540167469 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1717500978	97.6% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 327 Mixed 385 91% 410 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 34.5 163% 65.7 MB/s	DQ Read 170 DQ Write 200 DQ Mixed 47.4 74% 139 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 97%
WD WD10JPCX-24UE4T0 1TB 40,989 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 256GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 176 1933 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1416 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 418 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 122 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 16 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2040 (C2) HDA temperature 120 105 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 318	41.3% Average	Read 68.7 Write 74.8 Mixed 69.6 54% 71 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.94 4K Mixed 0.23 83% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 61%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 214GB free Firmware: MK7O Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 134 134 88 (03) Spinup time 140 140 38687867262 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 491 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 29 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2994 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 473 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 522 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 522 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 214749544479 (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 200 200 0	44.1% Average	Read 75.4 Write 77.9 Mixed 63.3 54% 72.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.36 94% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 82%
Toshiba MK8046GSX 80GB 276 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 54GB free Firmware: LB31 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1010 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 11069 (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 69 69 12513 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 10295 (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 50 471269404 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 103 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6881385 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 83 83 176344 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 214749151260 (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 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 46 (DE) Loaded hours 75 75 10107 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 360 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	25.3% Poor	Read 43.5 Write 44.3 Mixed 43.7 33% 43.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.12 4K Mixed 0.27 72% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 25.3% Great: 27%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GB 26,466 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1648 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	59.7% Above average	MC Read 20.3 MC Write 22.7 MC Mixed 18.3 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 19.5 SC Mixed 18.3 51% 18 GB/s	Latency 58.5 68% 58.5 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 60%

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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	2,317x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,194x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	794x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	342x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	309x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	273x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	202x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	138x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	251x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	152x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16