Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 140% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 118% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	141% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	59.8% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	6.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 02 '17 at 03:48
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way above expectations (90^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 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 99 1-Core 137 2-Core 291 97% 176 Pts	4-Core 548 8-Core 771 83% 660 Pts	64-Core 772 48% 772 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3752) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 3148 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 381.89 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	141% Outstanding	Lighting 204 Reflection 211 Parallax 190 166% 202 fps	MRender 135 Gravity 192 Splatting 130 123% 152 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 141% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 6960597 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 19086834664223 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 389 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 195 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 27 30 77311377435 (C2) HDA temperature 27 30 77311377435 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 6960597 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 6960597 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 6960597 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 4294967296 (E9) Unknown 0 0 3173 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2224 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2224 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1491 (F4) Unknown 100 100 3080209	59.8% Above average	Read 444 Write 84.8 Mixed 150 49% 226 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 9.62 120% 53.9 MB/s	DQ Read 27.2 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 11.6 27% 52.2 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 73%
Toshiba X300 5TB-$125 12,743 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4.5TB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 5067 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1446 (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 87 87 5206 (0A) Spinup retry count 128 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1138 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 62 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 275 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1928 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 231929282592 (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 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 89 89 4514 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 208 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0
Poor: 63% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 875GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 64 217746637 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 218 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 267041 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 641 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 194 (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 72 70 471597084 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 232 (C2) HDA temperature 28 17 73014444060 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 5 2 217746637 (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 74397423501880 (F1) Unknown 100 253 233175776 (F2) Unknown 100 253 229319254	106% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 185 Mixed 159 133% 177 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.27 99% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 2133 C8 2x4GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2376 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	MC Read 32.1 MC Write 31.1 MC Mixed 25.4 84% 29.5 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 26.9 SC Mixed 26.5 72% 25.2 GB/s	Latency 41.2 97% 41.2 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 84%

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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	2,310x
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