Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 92.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	31.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	67.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150212
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 30 '17 at 00:49
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Memory 95 1-Core 131 2-Core 265 91% 164 Pts	4-Core 519 8-Core 510 69% 515 Pts	64-Core 519 32% 519 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 670-$435 47,610 User benchmarks, average bench 28% Palit(1569 1189) 2GB CLim: 1254 MHz, MLim: 1527 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	31.1% Below average	Lighting 36.9 Reflection 33.8 Parallax 43.2 30% 38 fps	MRender 47.6 Gravity 42.6 Splatting 34 33% 41.4 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 31.1% Great: 31%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 81GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 94 94 6118984 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 113060719126350 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 750 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 50 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 6118984 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 6118984 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 6118984 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 7224 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2801 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2801 (F2) Unknown 0 0 10463	67.2% Good	Read 499 Write 129 Mixed 190 59% 273 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 17.2 136% 56.1 MB/s	DQ Read 8.29 DQ Write 9.56 DQ Mixed 6.6 6% 8.15 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 82%
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 2.5" 500GB-$22 83,084 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 459GB free Firmware: 0002BSM1 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 161645099 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4892 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 3747660 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 26489 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 37 844 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BC) Unknown 100 82 323 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 52 689963047 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 3 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 440 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 17439 (C2) HDA temperature 39 48 47244640295 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 48 40 161645099 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2	37.5% Below average	Read 67.2 Write 63.5 Mixed 24.1 38% 51.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.31 68% 0.54 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 22,320 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	65.6% Good	MC Read 22.4 MC Write 23.6 MC Mixed 21 64% 22.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 21 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 57 70% 57 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 63%

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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	2,314x
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	793x
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	272x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	202x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	138x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	250x
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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16