Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 21% Surfboard


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 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 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	20.7% 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	96.6% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140415
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 21 '17 at 09:35
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	4%

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 i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Memory 94.8 1-Core 116 2-Core 230 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 401 8-Core 586 62% 494 Pts	64-Core 594 37% 594 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1605 MHz, MLim: 1877 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.5 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	20.7% Poor	Lighting 24.1 Reflection 17.6 Parallax 22 20% 21.2 fps	MRender 20.2 Gravity 33 Splatting 29.3 23% 27.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 20.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 272GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 166 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 43 (B1) Unknown 100 99 0 (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 73 58 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 701690318	116% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 413 Mixed 419 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 44.4 4K Write 96.6 4K Mixed 49.3 182% 63.4 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 129 151% 263 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 134%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 119GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5812 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2804 (B1) Unknown 99 99 7 (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 73 60 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 29 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3296114872	96.6% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 349 Mixed 351 89% 402 MB/s	4K Read 44.9 4K Write 72.5 4K Mixed 27.1 141% 48.2 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 235 DQ Mixed 80.9 120% 229 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 118%
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB-$102 29,256 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 223GB free Firmware: 3.AAK Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 91 43731448 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 10196 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 253153047 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 29776 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5934 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 51 588840994 (C2) HDA temperature 34 49 34359738402 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 62 56 81134333 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	32.7% Below average	Read 56.6 Write 56.9 Mixed 54 42% 55.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.41 108% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 43%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 136GB free Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 99 21805472 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6340 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 924630 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5689 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2960 (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 73 59 487850011 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 48 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 20644 (C2) HDA temperature 27 41 68719476763 (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 -72864120176390 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3636940976 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3156423928	106% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 178 Mixed 162 133% 177 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.36 114% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.9% Good	MC Read 25.4 MC Write 25.4 MC Mixed 21.9 69% 24.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 23.5 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 57.5 70% 57.5 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 63%

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Gaming 42%

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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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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 $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