Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% Speed boat


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	57.8% 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	59% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (58%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 29 '16 at 17:26
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	58%

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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 i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 94.9 1-Core 118 2-Core 237 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 615 64% 517 Pts	64-Core 620 38% 620 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AB) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2010 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 376.9 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	57.8% Above average	Lighting 71.7 Reflection 74 Parallax 63.9 58% 69.9 fps	MRender 71.1 Gravity 69 Splatting 67.8 57% 69.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 185GB free Firmware: 1B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 730 Write 548 Mixed 565 136% 614 MB/s	4K Read 56.7 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 23.7 174% 62.9 MB/s	DQ Read 57.6 DQ Write 187 DQ Mixed 89.9 78% 111 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 236%
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 81GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM00.U Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^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 0 (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 100 100 1562 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 294 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3 (AA) Unknown 100 100 514 (AD) Unknown 100 100 852040 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 86 (C2) HDA temperature 73 64 154620133403 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (DA) Unknown 100 100 1 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3089 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2174 (F2) Unknown 100 100 3703 (F4) Unknown 100 100 13 (F5) Unknown 100 100 72 (F6) Unknown 100 100 925120	59% Above average	Read 519 Write 26.1 Mixed 509 77% 351 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 13.2 118% 48.8 MB/s	DQ Read 32 DQ Write 113 DQ Mixed 13.2 27% 52.6 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 111%
Toshiba Q300 120GB 1,888 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 66GB free Firmware: SAFM12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1208 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 226 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 188 188 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 43 (C2) HDA temperature 75 49 219044577305	66.5% Good	Read 500 Write 261 Mixed 272 76% 344 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 52.9 4K Mixed 7.28 83% 30.1 MB/s	DQ Read 274 DQ Write 60.1 DQ Mixed 7.3 47% 114 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 87%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 679GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 173 2200 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1647 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3978 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 569 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 39 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1607 (C2) HDA temperature 113 99 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	77.4% Very good	Read 173 Write 96.9 Mixed 106 94% 125 MB/s	4K Read 1.28 4K Write 2.35 4K Mixed 0.27 127% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 109%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 195GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 134 131 4291 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1097 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4427 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 669 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 53 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 180 180 62790 (C2) HDA temperature 116 101 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	67.4% Good	Read 141 Write 93.9 Mixed 104 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.24 99% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 73,650 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1608 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	58.2% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 17 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 21.2 SC Mixed 18.1 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 57.4 70% 57.4 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 62%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	2,306x
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	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 $279	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 $182	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) $30	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