Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 87.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88.9% 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	37.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

High background CPU (22%). 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150212
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Aug 11 '17 at 23:04
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing as expected (49^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 (96^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Memory 96.6 1-Core 122 2-Core 246 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 419 8-Core 656 66% 537 Pts	64-Core 651 40% 651 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.1% 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 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 115 Parallax 98.6 92% 109 fps	MRender 98.4 Gravity 101 Splatting 102 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 96GB free Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^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 2090 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1356 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 51 (AE) Unknown 100 100 126 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4403 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 48 223339020323 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 10978877619 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1437075 (F8) Unknown 100 100 40084582	65.3% Good	Read 456 Write 387 Mixed 394 92% 412 MB/s	4K Read 16.8 4K Write 29.7 4K Mixed 19.3 66% 21.9 MB/s	DQ Read 90.1 DQ Write 41.3 DQ Mixed 23.8 29% 51.7 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 107%
Crucial MX100 128GB-$74 9,892 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 76GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st 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 6966 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1378 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 83 83 513 (AE) Unknown 100 100 145 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1036 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 61 51 210454183975 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 83 83 17 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 15219057110 (F7) Unknown 100 100 834311 (F8) Unknown 100 100 413104103	37.1% Below average	Read 481 Write 160 Mixed 235 64% 292 MB/s	4K Read 15.4 4K Write 7.41 4K Mixed 1.83 30% 8.23 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 89%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$51 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 672GB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 137196496 (03) Spinup time 98 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2335 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 56 55 395169193125 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9356 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1394 (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 65 58 588644387 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 161 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 80 80 41859 (C2) HDA temperature 35 42 42949672995 (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 24451248822480 (F1) Unknown 100 253 24592548886 (F2) Unknown 100 253 28864422075	69.4% Good	Read 126 Write 116 Mixed 113 89% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.88 4K Mixed 0.18 49% 0.45 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 2133 C9 2x8GB 1,133 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	76.9% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 24.4 77% 27 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 21.9 SC Mixed 23.3 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 51.8 77% 51.8 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 81%

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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	2,301x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,182x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	419x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	787x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	340x
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	201x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	136x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	247x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	150x
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 $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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