Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 81.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	53.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	71.8% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140930
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 12 '17 at 11:55
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	EST-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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 above expectations (62^nd percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Memory 93.7 1-Core 119 2-Core 221 83% 144 Pts	4-Core 371 8-Core 560 58% 465 Pts	64-Core 598 37% 598 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Sapphire(174B E285) CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1300 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.10.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	53.7% Above average	Lighting 66.4 Reflection 59.6 Parallax 87.4 54% 71.1 fps	MRender 58.5 Gravity 53.3 Splatting 76.7 53% 62.8 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 95GB free Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 988 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 377 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 31 (AE) Unknown 100 100 60 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 72 57 184684642332 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 6169703712 (F7) Unknown 100 100 194017974 (F8) Unknown 100 100 344031915	96.4% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 327 Mixed 393 91% 411 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 33.4 151% 60.5 MB/s	DQ Read 171 DQ Write 303 DQ Mixed 45.1 88% 173 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 97%
Intel 335 Series 180GB-$169 2,872 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: 335t Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -85736137129768 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 685 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 128 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 806979 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 98 98 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 806979 (F2) Unknown 100 100 709715 (F9) Unknown 100 100 26945	71.8% Very good	Read 478 Write 167 Mixed 253 65% 299 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 12.1 115% 50.1 MB/s	DQ Read 243 DQ Write 204 DQ Mixed 64 91% 170 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 88%
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 (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 68 (03) Spinup time 133 133 34387853742 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 279 (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 100 100 4770 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 275 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 4758 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 4758 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 184684707876 (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	91.6% Outstanding	Read 163 Write 157 Mixed 130 112% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.19 84% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB 48,796 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	58.3% Above average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 17.9 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 18.1 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 60.6 66% 60.6 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 63%

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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	2,310x
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