Asus Z97-A

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 88%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	74.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (93%). 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	4.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	5.3 Days
Run Date	Mar 21 '17 at 00:36
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	93%

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PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$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)	88% Excellent	Memory 95.2 1-Core 117 2-Core 233 85% 148 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 615 66% 526 Pts	64-Core 616 38% 616 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 88% 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: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 378.92 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 71.6 Reflection 71.8 Parallax 63.9 58% 69.1 fps	Gravity 66.9 Splatting 70.2 61% 68.5 fps
Poor: 51% 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% 143GB free Firmware: 1B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 734 Write 549 Mixed 561 137% 615 MB/s	4K Read 53.3 4K Write 96 4K Mixed 25.6 164% 58.3 MB/s	DQ Read 55.1 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 23 34% 61.9 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 236%
Toshiba Q300 120GB 1,888 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 76GB free Firmware: SAFM12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2195 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 321 (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 71 49 219044577309	67.4% Good	Read 502 Write 266 Mixed 240 74% 336 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 47.1 4K Mixed 7.27 78% 27.8 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 137 DQ Mixed 33.7 71% 150 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 87%
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM00.U Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st 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 2539 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 389 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3 (AA) Unknown 100 100 514 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1376359 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 86 (C2) HDA temperature 69 64 154620133407 (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 4984 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3713 (F2) Unknown 100 100 5232 (F4) Unknown 100 100 21 (F5) Unknown 100 100 103 (F6) Unknown 100 100 1451968	74.4% Very good	Read 506 Write 299 Mixed 513 98% 439 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 89.5 4K Mixed 13.4 110% 44.2 MB/s	DQ Read 30.7 DQ Write 179 DQ Mixed 13.7 37% 74.3 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 111%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 644GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 173 2258 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2202 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4964 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 664 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 39 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2162 (C2) HDA temperature 107 99 36 (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	70.9% Very good	Read 142 Write 105 Mixed 110 89% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 2.49 4K Mixed 0.31 113% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 109%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 179GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 137 131 4116 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1470 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5413 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 764 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 53 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 179 179 63856 (C2) HDA temperature 112 101 31 (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	59.8% Above average	Read 117 Write 90.8 Mixed 89.8 74% 99.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.2 76% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 59.8% 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)	58.3% Above average	MC Read 21 MC Write 20.9 MC Mixed 16.9 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 18.6 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 56.4 71% 56.4 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 62%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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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 $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) $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