Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 50% Yacht


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 94%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	56.6% 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	94.9% 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	26.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140707
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 24 '17 at 21:35
Run Duration	375 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	Memory 98.1 1-Core 131 2-Core 254 91% 161 Pts	4-Core 488 8-Core 681 74% 584 Pts	64-Core 696 43% 696 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% MSI(1462 3413) CLim: 1303 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	56.6% Above average	Lighting 72.9 Reflection 67.5 Parallax 88.9 59% 76.4 fps	MRender 66.4 Gravity 68.6 Splatting 55.4 51% 63.4 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 304GB free Firmware: M0CR040 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^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 7 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 146 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 5 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 75 63 158914641945 (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 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 1107042646 (F7) Unknown 100 100 34673492 (F8) Unknown 100 100 21697247 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1946 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	88.5% Excellent	Read 482 Write 341 Mixed 337 86% 387 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 93.7 4K Mixed 25 124% 48.9 MB/s	DQ Read 300 DQ Write 219 DQ Mixed 44.4 92% 188 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 99%
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd 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 2655 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1198 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 63 (AE) Unknown 100 100 134 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 75 52 206159347737 (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 98 98 2 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 13006081426 (F7) Unknown 100 100 410982662 (F8) Unknown 100 100 654976923	94.9% Outstanding	Read 524 Write 326 Mixed 389 91% 413 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 28.2 148% 60.2 MB/s	DQ Read 160 DQ Write 297 DQ Mixed 20.3 74% 159 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 97%
WD My Passport 259D 4TB 1,267 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 504GB free, PID 259d Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	23% Poor	Read 62.1 Write 54.3 Mixed 55.6 73% 57.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 0.65 4K Mixed 0.1 29% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 23% Great: 42%
WD My Book 1235 4TB 2,399 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 413GB free, PID 1235 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	34.6% Below average	Read 77.9 Write 76 Mixed 73.5 97% 75.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.25 84% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 59%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 16GB 33,521 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 12GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	12.9% Very poor	Read 37.9 Write 6.45 Mixed 8.45 16% 17.6 MB/s	4K Read 3.8 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 1.09 108% 2.19 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 12.9% Great: 17%

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 above expectations (84^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	MC Read 32.5 MC Write 32.2 MC Mixed 27.9 88% 30.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 24.4 SC Mixed 28.2 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 45.7 88% 45.7 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 119%

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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	2,306x
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