Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 92.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	30.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	73.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	6.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 25 '17 at 00:35
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (84^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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 141 2-Core 273 95% 170 Pts	4-Core 479 8-Core 761 76% 620 Pts	64-Core 754 47% 754 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Gigabyte(1458 360B) 2GB CLim: 1406 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	30.9% Below average	Lighting 36.2 Reflection 33.1 Parallax 40.9 30% 36.8 fps	MRender 43.7 Gravity 43.7 Splatting 37 34% 41.5 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 30.9% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -33638182953238 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2287 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 2279 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 104 104 7969248 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2279 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 629619 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 56 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 629619 (F2) Unknown 100 100 814590 (F9) Unknown 100 100 19106	73.5% Very good	Read 524 Write 151 Mixed 239 66% 305 MB/s	4K Read 35.6 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 13.9 140% 59.3 MB/s	DQ Read 39.5 DQ Write 132 DQ Mixed 13.5 31% 61.8 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 88%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 769GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 199 199 26522 (03) Spinup time 184 166 5800 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4092 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 21135 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1851 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 311 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 106 106 284296 (C2) HDA temperature 121 101 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 3 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 199 1	50.4% Above average	Read 85.1 Write 90.3 Mixed 69.8 61% 81.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.25 89% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1333 C9 2x4GB 586 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.9% Good	MC Read 22.6 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 20 62% 21.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 20.8 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 52.8 76% 52.8 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 54%

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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%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus Z97-A - $150

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,313x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,192x
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 $90Bench 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 $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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