Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 87.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	68.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	81.8% 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 (12%). 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	28.9 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 05:47
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing as expected (56^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Memory 97.2 1-Core 121 2-Core 235 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 423 8-Core 610 65% 517 Pts	64-Core 650 40% 650 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.8% 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: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2027 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	68.9% Good	Lighting 88.5 Reflection 81.3 Parallax 66.4 72% 78.7 fps	MRender 62.2 Gravity 88.1 Splatting 78 63% 76.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M5 Pro 256GB-$100 2,451 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^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 24489 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1588 (B1) Unknown 100 100 624990 (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 100 100 362 (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 571453 (F2) Unknown 100 100 623596	81.8% Excellent	Read 447 Write 431 Mixed 448 99% 442 MB/s	4K Read 33.7 4K Write 84.2 4K Mixed 19.7 121% 45.9 MB/s	DQ Read 31.6 DQ Write 75.8 DQ Mixed 96 61% 67.8 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 81.8% 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 (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 389 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 107 (A5) Unknown 100 100 609907966280 (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 79 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 61 46 231928234023 (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 1561 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1014 (F2) Unknown 253 253 684 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	79.3% Very good	Read 508 Write 393 Mixed 446 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 20.2 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 6.43 94% 43.4 MB/s	DQ Read 137 DQ Write 271 DQ Mixed 6.63 61% 138 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 79.3% 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 as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 167 2200 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5478 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18500 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 997 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 167 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5343 (C2) HDA temperature 116 93 27 (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	81.4% Excellent	Read 154 Write 130 Mixed 153 110% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 2.07 4K Mixed 0.21 93% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 108%
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 2.5" 500GB-$16 83,084 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 237GB free Firmware: 0003SDM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 150601676 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 14105 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 135843133 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6743 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 7001 (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 76 56 404226072 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 118 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 163 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 34 34 132460 (C2) HDA temperature 24 44 34359738392 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 51 36 150601676 (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	39.4% Below average	Read 72.3 Write 65.1 Mixed 63.8 50% 67.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.18 4K Mixed 0.31 69% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 39.4% 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 @ 2600 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.7% Good	MC Read 23.8 MC Write 24.9 MC Mixed 21.9 67% 23.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 22.3 SC Mixed 21.7 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 49.4 81% 49.4 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 119%

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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	2,309x
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	790x
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 $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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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