Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 81.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	56.2% 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	55.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	6.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140620
Uptime	2.7 Days
Run Date	Sep 20 '17 at 05:55
Run Duration	344 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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 Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Memory 86 1-Core 122 2-Core 226 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 654 66% 533 Pts	64-Core 656 41% 656 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 3671) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	56.2% Above average	Lighting 72.6 Reflection 70.3 Parallax 63.4 59% 68.8 fps	MRender 71.5 Gravity 62.8 Splatting 54.3 50% 62.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8763 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 912 (B1) Unknown 97 97 53 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 58 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 9 (F1) Unknown 99 99 16718543602	55.9% Above average	Read 237 Write 269 Mixed 220 54% 242 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 45.5 4K Mixed 18.8 94% 31.4 MB/s	DQ Read 34.5 DQ Write 64.7 DQ Mixed 20.3 24% 39.8 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 124%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 158GB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 101 99 3506352 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1070 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 75207319 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8537 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 915 (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 74 62 521404442 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 451 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 85 85 30424 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 30064771098 (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 4720169067583 (F1) Unknown 100 253 26111029182 (F2) Unknown 100 253 42939995866	62.9% Good	Read 106 Write 112 Mixed 61.8 69% 93.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 5.48 4K Mixed 0.42 170% 2.15 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 94%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 39GB free Firmware: CC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 240838824 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5662 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 30310892 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13633 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1602 (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 79 56 420675605 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 40 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 71 71 58639 (C2) HDA temperature 21 44 21474836501 (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 27530740372911 (F1) Unknown 100 253 32396644416188 (F2) Unknown 100 253 11576015820015	75.7% Very good	Read 113 Write 151 Mixed 62.4 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 1.07 4K Mixed 0.35 94% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 113%
USB 2.0 Flash Disk 4GB 58 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 4GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	4.04% Terrible	Read 16.8 Write 4.63 Mixed 4.7 9% 8.71 MB/s	4K Read 2.43 4K Write 0.007 4K Mixed 0.007 10% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.04% Great: 5%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 1,972 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1867 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.4% Above average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 15.4 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 16.6 46% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 71.2 56% 71.2 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 106%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	2,309x
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	790x
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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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 $179	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