Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 87.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	80% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	90% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Nov 05 '17 at 22:10
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Memory 94.1 1-Core 127 2-Core 249 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 432 8-Core 661 68% 546 Pts	64-Core 664 41% 664 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80% Excellent	Lighting 99.9 Reflection 111 Parallax 88.6 81% 99.8 fps	MRender 93 Gravity 91.2 Splatting 97.9 77% 94 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 960GB-$90 2,663 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 451GB free Firmware: Z33130RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 1348 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 295 (A5) Unknown 100 100 8593211423 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 12 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 54 35 279172874286 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 42950590478 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 942 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1192 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1060 (F2) Unknown 253 253 946 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	85.1% Excellent	Read 501 Write 434 Mixed 261 88% 399 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 6.46 97% 44.1 MB/s	DQ Read 231 DQ Write 297 DQ Mixed 1.92 74% 177 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 78%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 83GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8559 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1825 (B1) Unknown 94 94 62 (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 64 53 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 120 (F1) Unknown 99 99 22591161633	90% Excellent	Read 485 Write 339 Mixed 337 86% 387 MB/s	4K Read 37 4K Write 79.1 4K Mixed 22.1 126% 46.1 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 238 DQ Mixed 52.8 104% 212 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 108%
Synology iSCSI Storage 3TB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1.5TB free Firmware: 4.0 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	61.1% Good	Read 102 Write 111 Mixed 92.3 76% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.48 118% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 61%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 243GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 172 2208 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2853 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7314 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1510 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 79 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2773 (C2) HDA temperature 112 103 31 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	82.3% Excellent	Read 143 Write 143 Mixed 147 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 2.26 4K Mixed 0.29 109% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M1A1600C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 58 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	42.7% Average	MC Read 14.5 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 12.4 39% 13.7 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 15.5 SC Mixed 14.3 40% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 59.6 67% 59.6 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 58%

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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	2,310x
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	791x
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 $94Bench 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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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) $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