Asus Z97-A

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 83.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	89.4% 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	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 10 '18 at 07:35
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Memory 90.8 1-Core 127 2-Core 251 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 440 8-Core 432 59% 436 Pts	64-Core 478 30% 478 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 460 120GB-$200 1,011 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 82GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 391 309 170 165 163 161 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Read 426 Write 406 Mixed 322 SusWrite 226 77% 345 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 35.3 147% 62.5 MB/s	DQ Read 285 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 258 210% 296 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 339GB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 150 151 149 151 151 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	70.9% Very good	Read 96.7 Write 67.7 Mixed 57 SusWrite 151 68% 93 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 157% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 114%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 466GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 123 123 124 123 123 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	72% Very good	Read 128 Write 119 Mixed 76.7 SusWrite 123 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 69%
IT-CEO USB2.0SATADevice 2TB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 385GB free, PID 4511 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 39 39 39 40 39 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	19.4% Very poor	Read 37.2 Write 37.8 Mixed 32.8 SusWrite 39.3 50% 36.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 88% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 19.4% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-033.A00LF 4x4GB 27 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	59.5% Above average	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 17.2 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 18.8 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 66.1 61% 66.1 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 62%

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Gaming 42%

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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