Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	17.1% 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	95.8% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	Цвета: 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	7.4 Days
Run Date	Apr 03 '18 at 16:08
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Memory 93.9 1-Core 111 2-Core 217 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 418 56% 419 Pts	64-Core 418 26% 418 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 560 Ti-$188 42,397 User benchmarks, average bench 16% Gigabyte(1458 351C) 1GB CLim: 822 MHz, MLim: 1002 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	17.1% Very poor	Lighting 20 Reflection 23.4 Parallax 18.1 16% 20.5 fps	MRender 27.3 Gravity 20.5 Splatting 21.6 19% 23.1 fps
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 17.1% Great: 18%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB-$215 19,372 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 5 0 5 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 81 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 18446 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2801 (E8) Unknown 100 100 27568149062 (E9) Unknown 94 0 94	95.8% Outstanding	Read 424 Write 369 Mixed 379 87% 391 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 35.9 141% 56.1 MB/s	DQ Read 296 DQ Write 292 DQ Mixed 119 138% 236 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 104%
Seagate ST3640323AS 640GB-$134 2,758 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 35GB free Firmware: SD13 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 113615016 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7991 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 4403989083 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 16368 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 13 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4307 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 9 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 772 (BE) vendor-specific 68 50 538574880 (C2) HDA temperature 32 50 60129542176 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 38 30 113615016 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	41.2% Average	Read 74.7 Write 68.7 Mixed 67.6 53% 70.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.42 95% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 66%
Hitachi HUA722010CLA330 1TB-$38 10,195 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 13GB free Firmware: JP4OA3EA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 327685 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 96 (03) Spinup time 120 120 25790447932 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 6022 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 138 138 31 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 14089 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 969 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 6186 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 6186 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 214749478942 (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	43.3% Average	Read 73.5 Write 77.5 Mixed 70.4 56% 73.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.33 82% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 76%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA362 500GB-$59 47,815 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 10GB free Firmware: JP2OA3MA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 96 (03) Spinup time 117 117 12897681603 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 7646 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 142 142 29 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 20651 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3006 (C0) Power-off retract count 94 94 7838 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 7838 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 219044053021 (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	44.4% Average	Read 68.1 Write 86.8 Mixed 68.5 56% 74.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.14 4K Mixed 0.28 73% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1632 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	64.2% Good	MC Read 22.6 MC Write 23.5 MC Mixed 20.2 63% 22.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 21.1 56% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 60 67% 60 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 63%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-A - $150

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,304x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,184x
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	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 $279	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