Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Tree trunk	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 91.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	9.63% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	49.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	27.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140707
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Sep 15 '17 at 23:58
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	COL-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 (100^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Memory 93.3 1-Core 131 2-Core 251 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 486 8-Core 664 73% 575 Pts	64-Core 664 41% 664 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650-$112 69,673 User benchmarks, average bench 8% Gigabyte(1458 3555) 2GB CLim: 1110 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	9.63% Terrible	Lighting 10.9 Reflection 9.85 Parallax 12.2 9% 11 fps	MRender 14.2 Gravity 12.7 Splatting 13.8 11% 13.6 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 9.63% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin Triactor 480GB-$150 1,840 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 128GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0330AA Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^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 100 100 335 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 521 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 45 (A3) Unknown 100 100 676 (94) Unknown 100 100 55071 (95) Unknown 100 100 773 (96) Unknown 100 100 604 (97) Unknown 100 100 744 (A4) Unknown 100 100 13622 (A5) Unknown 100 100 62 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 10 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 26 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 28699459780629 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 121423 (F2) Unknown 100 100 134195 (F5) Unknown 100 100 160909 (F6) Unknown 100 100 220284 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	49.6% Average	Read 472 Write 245 Mixed 262 72% 326 MB/s	4K Read 19.4 4K Write 20.7 4K Mixed 8.46 51% 16.2 MB/s	DQ Read 21.8 DQ Write 20.4 DQ Mixed 8.21 10% 16.8 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 99%
Plextor M6S 256GB-$166 1,660 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 31GB free Firmware: 1.03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^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 100 100 797 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2299 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 63811 (AE) Unknown 100 100 130 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 63811 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1440 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 32 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 130 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 60 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 7976 (F1) Unknown 100 100 198558 (F2) Unknown 100 100 199873	72.5% Very good	Read 479 Write 414 Mixed 441 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 20.6 4K Write 42.2 4K Mixed 10.7 67% 24.5 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 33.8 DQ Mixed 73.9 84% 153 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 104%
Toshiba External USB 3.0 1TB 280 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 403GB free Firmware: 5438 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	24.1% Poor	Read 41.4 Write 42.3 Mixed 40.6 31% 41.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.17 66% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 24.1% Great: 65%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$170 41,439 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 271GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 179 5933 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5058 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 19332 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5034 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 102 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 158 158 127335 (C2) HDA temperature 126 102 24 (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	51.4% Above average	Read 90.3 Write 88.8 Mixed 78.7 64% 85.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.16 75% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 8,730 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	60.9% Good	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.1 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 23 SC Mixed 20.6 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 61.4 65% 61.4 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 63%

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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 $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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	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