Asus Z97-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 90.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	86.1% 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 (19%). 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	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 13 '17 at 17:36
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 (99^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Memory 97.6 1-Core 126 2-Core 246 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 449 8-Core 637 68% 543 Pts	64-Core 645 40% 645 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M5 Pro 256GB-$100 2,451 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^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 25348 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1650 (B1) Unknown 100 100 654366 (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 100 100 370 (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 606342 (F2) Unknown 100 100 658447	86.1% Excellent	Read 450 Write 422 Mixed 454 99% 442 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 92.3 4K Mixed 19.7 122% 47.9 MB/s	DQ Read 28.1 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 18.4 54% 108 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 106%
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 9GB free Firmware: Z32080RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 1210 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 169 (A5) Unknown 100 100 1687960158769 (A6) Unknown 100 100 4 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 42 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 13 (AE) Unknown 100 100 88 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 55 46 231928234029 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 803171532993 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1621 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2658 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1772 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1385 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	78.3% Very good	Read 498 Write 372 Mixed 450 98% 440 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 96.9 4K Mixed 5.74 94% 42 MB/s	DQ Read 161 DQ Write 279 DQ Mixed 5.7 65% 148 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 78%
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 2.5" 500GB-$16 83,084 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 317GB free Firmware: 0003SDM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 99 28197863 (03) Spinup time 99 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 14172 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 137386038 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7623 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 7063 (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 70 56 504561694 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 118 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 165 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 34 34 133045 (C2) HDA temperature 30 44 34359738398 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 53 36 28197863 (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	41.6% Average	Read 73.2 Write 71.7 Mixed 65.4 53% 70.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 0.89 4K Mixed 0.3 64% 0.51 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 43%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 105GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 166 2350 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5542 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 19367 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1059 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 176 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5398 (C2) HDA temperature 111 93 32 (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	59.4% Above average	Read 109 Write 97.5 Mixed 104 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.26 83% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 108%

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 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	MC Read 32.6 MC Write 32.5 MC Mixed 27.5 88% 30.9 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 22.8 SC Mixed 28 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 48 83% 48 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 87.1% 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	2,304x
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	201x
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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $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