Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 93.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	90.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	84% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	29.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 24 '17 at 03:44
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^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 (100^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Memory 98.1 1-Core 137 2-Core 270 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 476 8-Core 685 73% 581 Pts	64-Core 716 44% 716 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3303) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2027 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 120 Parallax 102 94% 113 fps	MRender 99.3 Gravity 105 Splatting 103 84% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M5 Pro 256GB-$100 2,451 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 24488 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1572 (B1) Unknown 100 100 624776 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 346 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 571101 (F2) Unknown 100 100 623140	84% Excellent	Read 447 Write 428 Mixed 458 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 90.6 4K Mixed 21 127% 48.7 MB/s	DQ Read 32.7 DQ Write 96.6 DQ Mixed 18 27% 49.1 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 106%
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 22GB free Firmware: Z32080RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 388 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 89 (A5) Unknown 100 100 609907900744 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 17 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 7 (AE) Unknown 100 100 61 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 46 231928234018 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 468158120045 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 855 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1558 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1010 (F2) Unknown 253 253 682 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	80.9% Excellent	Read 505 Write 395 Mixed 443 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 20.8 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 6.45 98% 45.9 MB/s	DQ Read 147 DQ Write 277 DQ Mixed 6.45 63% 144 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 78%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 584GB 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 175 167 2233 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5462 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18498 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 981 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 151 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5343 (C2) HDA temperature 121 93 22 (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% Very good	Read 137 Write 131 Mixed 150 105% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.21 92% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 108%
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 2.5" 500GB-$22 83,084 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 243GB free Firmware: 0003SDM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 84913561 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 14089 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 135757013 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6741 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6985 (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 81 56 319946771 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 118 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 161 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 34 34 132430 (C2) HDA temperature 19 44 34359738387 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 52 36 84913561 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	40% Average	Read 69.8 Write 69.7 Mixed 72.4 53% 70.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.28 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.31 67% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 4x8GB 7,519 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 2400 MHz clocked @ 2448 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	MC Read 32.3 MC Write 33 MC Mixed 27.6 88% 31 GB/s	SC Read 22.4 SC Write 24.9 SC Mixed 29.3 73% 25.5 GB/s	Latency 45.6 88% 45.6 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 119%

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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	2,315x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,194x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	793x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	342x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	309x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	272x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	202x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	138x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	250x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	152x
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 $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16