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 (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 92.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	104% 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 (15%). 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 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	Aug 14 '17 at 05:17
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (81^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Memory 98.2 1-Core 137 2-Core 266 94% 167 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 698 72% 581 Pts	64-Core 693 43% 693 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.2% 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 way above expectations (93^rd 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 25350 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1664 (B1) Unknown 100 100 654794 (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 100 100 383 (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 607338 (F2) Unknown 100 100 659381	104% Outstanding	Read 457 Write 426 Mixed 461 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 95.6 4K Mixed 39.9 152% 56.2 MB/s	DQ Read 334 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 97.5 130% 236 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 104% 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 (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 1211 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 183 (A5) Unknown 100 100 1687960814137 (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 100 100 101 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 58 46 231928234026 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 811761533122 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1626 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2694 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1805 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1414 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	81.8% Excellent	Read 511 Write 363 Mixed 254 83% 376 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 6.42 109% 47.6 MB/s	DQ Read 159 DQ Write 259 DQ Mixed 6.66 62% 141 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 78%
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 2.5" 500GB-$22 83,084 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 317GB free Firmware: 0003SDM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 35951135 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 14186 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 137398579 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7624 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 7077 (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 74 56 437387290 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 118 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 176 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 34 34 133066 (C2) HDA temperature 26 44 34359738394 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 53 36 35951135 (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	39.8% Below average	Read 71.5 Write 67.1 Mixed 67.7 52% 68.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.04 4K Mixed 0.32 70% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 43%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$40 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 105GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 166 2325 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5545 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 19369 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1062 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 178 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5399 (C2) HDA temperature 114 93 29 (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	68.2% Good	Read 139 Write 98.1 Mixed 105 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 2.07 4K Mixed 0.21 81% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 68.2% 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 2400 MHz clocked @ 2448 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	MC Read 32.7 MC Write 33.1 MC Mixed 28.1 89% 31.3 GB/s	SC Read 22.3 SC Write 25 SC Mixed 29.3 73% 25.5 GB/s	Latency 45 89% 45 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 89.3% 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	2,317x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,194x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	794x
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	273x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	202x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	138x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	251x
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 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16