Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	48.3% 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	60.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
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	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140930
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 11 '17 at 16:13
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Memory 89.3 1-Core 95.9 2-Core 195 74% 127 Pts	4-Core 388 8-Core 384 52% 386 Pts	64-Core 389 24% 389 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% PowerColor(148C 2372) CLim: 1266 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	48.3% Average	Lighting 59.6 Reflection 65 Parallax 86.4 48% 70.3 fps	MRender 65.8 Gravity 58.7 Splatting 53.6 48% 59.4 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 553 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 69 (A5) Unknown 100 100 2177604584257 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 12 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 5 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 61 49 219043332135 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1189708235029 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 283 (EA) Unknown 100 100 3874 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1469 (F2) Unknown 253 253 497 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	60.6% Good	Read 500 Write 263 Mixed 258 75% 340 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 65.8 4K Mixed 1.41 71% 30 MB/s	DQ Read 21.7 DQ Write 225 DQ Mixed 3.9 38% 83.4 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 78%
WD WD10EADX-00TDHB0 1TB 12,976 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 931GB free Firmware: 77.04D77 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 5 (03) Spinup time 188 185 6558 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1088 (05) Reallocated sector count 177 177 440 (07) Seek error rate 196 192 79 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1018 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1070 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 53 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4599 (C2) HDA temperature 122 98 25 (C4) Reallocation count 181 181 19 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 40 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 23 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 123	58% Above average	Read 103 Write 99.2 Mixed 81.8 71% 94.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 0.45 4K Mixed 0.25 58% 0.41 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 57%
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25 163,843 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 438GB free Firmware: MS1OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 75 (03) Spinup time 134 134 12896829600 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5528 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 36 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 17553 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1298 (C0) Power-off retract count 86 86 17376 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 17376 (C2) HDA temperature 230 230 206159544346 (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 200 200 0	96.2% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 171 Mixed 115 112% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.13 62% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 103%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 88GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 156 155 5200 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2807 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 26111 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6018 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 268 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6018 (C2) HDA temperature 120 91 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 4 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	50.6% Above average	Read 93.5 Write 82.5 Mixed 77.5 63% 84.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 2.34 4K Mixed 0.44 124% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-054.A00LF 2x8GB 9,823 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	59.3% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 18.1 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 18.6 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 68.2 59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 61%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	2,306x
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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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