Asus Z97-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	56.3% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 14 '17 at 11:53
Run Duration	289 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$52 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Memory 92.7 1-Core 112 2-Core 224 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 444 8-Core 441 59% 442 Pts	64-Core 444 28% 444 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% MSI(1462 2015) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.662.4 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	56.3% Above average	Lighting 69.9 Reflection 62 Parallax 83.2 57% 71.7 fps	MRender 61.7 Gravity 55.6 Splatting 78.7 55% 65.3 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 354GB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 221941080 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3908 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 4591231046 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11840 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1835 (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 70 53 258202730526 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 62 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 14613 (C2) HDA temperature 30 47 -140737488355298 (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 70733816406927 (F1) Unknown 100 253 44669680908 (F2) Unknown 100 253 47786944490	82.5% Excellent	Read 165 Write 123 Mixed 108 99% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 0.87 4K Mixed 0.34 73% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 101GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 76683496 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1227 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 73025182 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4650 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 806 (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 69 63 521469983 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 25 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 9092 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 42949672991 (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 102263171321041 (F1) Unknown 100 253 18135064952 (F2) Unknown 100 253 77748905633	91.8% Outstanding	Read 158 Write 163 Mixed 32.2 85% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.23 88% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 112%
IT1170 USB Flash Disk 4GB 52 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 3GB free, PID 1170 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	5.42% Terrible	Read 26.4 Write 4.9 Mixed 8.23 13% 13.2 MB/s	4K Read 2.07 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.01 8% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.42% Great: 5%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/4G KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1866C10D3/4G KHX1600C10D3/8G 16GB 416 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1333, 1600, 1333, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	62.3% Good	MC Read 22 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 19.8 62% 21.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 20.5 SC Mixed 20.3 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 62.8 64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 66%

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Typical Z97-A Builds (Compare 5,022 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	2,310x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,185x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	791x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	342x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	307x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	271x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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 $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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