Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 82.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	55.6% 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	114% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140930
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 29 '17 at 21:48
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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 0.8 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Memory 88.7 1-Core 118 2-Core 258 85% 155 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 633 65% 524 Pts	64-Core 632 39% 632 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 3975) CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	55.6% Above average	Lighting 70.5 Reflection 70.7 Parallax 63.1 57% 68.1 fps	MRender 72.5 Gravity 65.6 Splatting 56.3 52% 64.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 219GB free Firmware: SAFM00.r Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^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 1004 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 418 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 541 (AD) Unknown 100 100 393244 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 134 (C2) HDA temperature 67 55 193274642465 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1543 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1142 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1052 (F4) Unknown 100 100 6 (F5) Unknown 100 100 28 (F6) Unknown 100 100 463360	101% Outstanding	Read 522 Write 498 Mixed 513 114% 511 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 14.1 121% 50 MB/s	DQ Read 358 DQ Write 352 DQ Mixed 14.3 104% 241 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 111%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5097 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1033 (B1) Unknown 96 96 74 (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 62 53 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 71 (F1) Unknown 99 99 24194981389	114% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 414 Mixed 420 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 44 4K Write 92.2 4K Mixed 46.1 175% 60.8 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 115 144% 258 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 92GB free Firmware: CC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 96846320 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2810 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 296466751 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 10604 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1651 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 4295032853 (BD) vendor-specific 81 81 19 (BE) vendor-specific 72 59 504561692 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 171 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 83 83 34134 (C2) HDA temperature 28 41 28 (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 -101292508701541 (F1) Unknown 100 253 80020128239934 (F2) Unknown 100 253 -8386205253153	101% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 179 Mixed 151 126% 167 MB/s	4K Read 0.95 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.37 109% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G 99U5471-020.A00LF 8GB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1600, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	26.6% Poor	MC Read 8.4 MC Write 8.9 MC Mixed 7.5 24% 8.27 GB/s	SC Read 7.2 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 7.2 22% 7.57 GB/s	Latency 68.8 58% 68.8 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 26.6% Great: 50%

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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