Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 121% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 94.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	129% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	84% 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	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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	29 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 11 '17 at 19:10
Run Duration	108 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (72^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, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	Memory 95.7 1-Core 133 2-Core 270 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 540 8-Core 540 72% 540 Pts	64-Core 544 34% 544 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E5) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2927 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Lighting 177 Reflection 204 Parallax 175 144% 185 fps	MRender 136 Gravity 176 Splatting 135 121% 149 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9488 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1303 (B1) Unknown 96 96 74 (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 67 54 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 29 (F1) Unknown 99 99 64654435178	84% Excellent	Read 495 Write 402 Mixed 413 97% 437 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 19.2 128% 51.2 MB/s	DQ Read 36.3 DQ Write 85.4 DQ Mixed 110 70% 77.1 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 134%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 70 (03) Spinup time 135 135 34387526057 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 8435 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 8887 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1166 (C0) Power-off retract count 93 93 8435 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 8435 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 184684642338 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	99.3% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 174 Mixed 151 124% 166 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.18 79% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 12,722 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1904 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 27.5 MC Mixed 24.4 75% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 23.5 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 54.8 73% 54.8 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 80%

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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%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus Z97-A - $150

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,306x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,184x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	789x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	341x
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	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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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