Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	28.1% 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	83.7% 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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (24%). 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140529
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 11 '17 at 03:07
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing as expected (44^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 (96^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Memory 89.7 1-Core 124 2-Core 247 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 457 8-Core 643 69% 550 Pts	64-Core 643 40% 643 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 384.94 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	28.1% Poor	Lighting 31.4 Reflection 22.6 Parallax 30.2 26% 28.1 fps	MRender 30.2 Gravity 52 Splatting 38.9 33% 40.4 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 28.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 128GB-$70 18,195 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 2GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7093 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1149 (B1) Unknown 98 98 73 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 60 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 138 (F1) Unknown 99 99 18971165175	83.7% Excellent	Read 503 Write 324 Mixed 347 87% 391 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 18 132% 53.6 MB/s	DQ Read 33.4 DQ Write 223 DQ Mixed 21.4 48% 92.6 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 119%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$51 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 113 99 52326344 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2181 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 34727399 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7026 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1145 (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 521601055 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 142 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 80 80 40609 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 64424509471 (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 19400367281138 (F1) Unknown 100 253 12772436672 (F2) Unknown 100 253 16372624855	100% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 181 Mixed 162 128% 170 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.26 93% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 114%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 13GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 163 4233 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11302 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 19987 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3676 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 821 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 11285 (C2) HDA temperature 112 89 35 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	33.5% Below average	Read 60 Write 56.3 Mixed 52.3 42% 56.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.34 89% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 33.5% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 24,592 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2400 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.8% Above average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 17.8 MC Mixed 15.7 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 17.6 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 67.7 59% 67.7 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 88%

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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	2,301x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,182x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	419x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	787x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	340x
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	201x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	136x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	247x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	150x
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 $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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