Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 79.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	21.7% 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	94% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	6.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140508
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Nov 27 '16 at 06:45
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	79.9% Very good	Memory 92.7 1-Core 112 2-Core 226 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 379 8-Core 443 53% 411 Pts	64-Core 440 27% 440 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Gigabyte(1458 3001) CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 16.6 Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	21.7% Poor	Lighting 24.2 Reflection 11.9 Parallax 46.7 20% 27.6 fps	MRender 11 Gravity 33.5 Splatting 42.7 25% 29 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 21.7% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 78GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^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 12754 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 38 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 94 94 194 (AE) Unknown 100 100 10 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 47 227634315301 (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 28 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 94 94 6 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 24264108866 (F7) Unknown 100 100 130666990 (F8) Unknown 100 100 2500975695	94% Outstanding	Read 521 Write 327 Mixed 391 92% 413 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 33.5 140% 55.6 MB/s	DQ Read 179 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 47.9 90% 175 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 151GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 99 28757312 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1152 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 30545774 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 17094 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 40 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 70 62 555089950 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 10 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 62 62 76950 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 64424509470 (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 -89189290866306 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8204016495 (F2) Unknown 100 253 18533104124	67.2% Good	Read 114 Write 120 Mixed 113 87% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.3 72% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x4GB 6,123 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 2400 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (67^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	62.8% Good	MC Read 22.7 MC Write 23.5 MC Mixed 18.9 62% 21.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 19.9 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 62.7 64% 62.7 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 90%

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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	2,301x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,182x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	419x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	787x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	340x
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	247x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	150x
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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	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