Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	54.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	102% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	24.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	Цвета: 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150212
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 28 '16 at 09:24
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 96 1-Core 115 2-Core 230 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 427 57% 427 Pts	64-Core 438 27% 438 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6822 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	54.5% Above average	Lighting 69 Reflection 68.8 Parallax 61.4 56% 66.4 fps	MRender 72.2 Gravity 64 Splatting 54.7 51% 63.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 116GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1324 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 197 (B1) Unknown 99 99 17 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 54 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 13 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5251631275	102% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 422 Mixed 482 105% 469 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 72.1 4K Mixed 40.2 132% 46.8 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 156 166% 277 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 124%
WD WD2001FASS-00U0B0 2TB 6,005 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 551GB free Firmware: 01.00101 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 148 144 14566 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2614 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 59 59 30353 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2406 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 318 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 123 123 233570 (C2) HDA temperature 114 101 38 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 5	50.7% Above average	Read 95.5 Write 80.7 Mixed 82.7 65% 86.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 2.19 4K Mixed 0.46 113% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1869DT1TX0. 4x8GB 398 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1867 MHz clocked @ 1904 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	70.7% Very good	MC Read 23.9 MC Write 26.5 MC Mixed 23.3 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 22.2 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 54 74% 54 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 81%

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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