Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	53.2% 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	113% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	29.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 12 '17 at 16:16
Run Duration	199 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Memory 97.6 1-Core 135 2-Core 244 91% 159 Pts	4-Core 433 8-Core 728 71% 580 Pts	64-Core 728 45% 728 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	53.2% Above average	Lighting 66.5 Reflection 69.6 Parallax 61.9 54% 66 fps	MRender 72.4 Gravity 63.3 Splatting 56 51% 63.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 184GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5908 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1218 (B1) Unknown 98 98 42 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 54 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 41 (F1) Unknown 99 99 22937660698	113% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 402 Mixed 417 98% 438 MB/s	4K Read 39.5 4K Write 99.5 4K Mixed 47.9 174% 62.3 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 291 DQ Mixed 103 140% 257 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 124%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 3TB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 197807344 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1094 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 1987484 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 5019 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1106 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 96 65540 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 54 454688795 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 345 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5052 (C2) HDA temperature 27 46 60129542171 (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 -107795089188552 (F1) Unknown 100 253 17411423794 (F2) Unknown 100 253 6718473974	93.3% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 150 Mixed 123 111% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 5.28 4K Mixed 0.69 204% 2.22 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 94%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 3TB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 96221544 (03) Spinup time 91 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1836 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 57 30073380917 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6311 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1489 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 7 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 67 39 1697067827233 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 195 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 13920 (C2) HDA temperature 33 61 55834574881 (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 135450383617807 (F1) Unknown 100 253 51494197555 (F2) Unknown 100 253 40551924373	53.7% Above average	Read 71.9 Write 113 Mixed 86 68% 90.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 7.49 4K Mixed 0.65 242% 2.96 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 113%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 156 145 9166 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1820 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6222 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1728 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 213 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 15384 (C2) HDA temperature 119 99 33 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	74.4% Very good	Read 134 Write 125 Mixed 122 96% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.18 92% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2TB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 58361536 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3984 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 4617385858 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15506 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3613 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 96 156 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 44 43488641056 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1341 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 4131 (C2) HDA temperature 32 56 -140737488355296 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 25 11 58361536 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -50461570744936 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1060507676 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1139217359	75% Very good	Read 129 Write 133 Mixed 129 98% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.12 4K Mixed 0.71 131% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 6,389 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2448 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	MC Read 32.8 MC Write 32.6 MC Mixed 27.4 88% 30.9 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 25.2 SC Mixed 28.6 71% 24.9 GB/s	Latency 47.9 84% 47.9 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 87%

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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	2,310x
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