Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	89.9% 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	105% 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.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	5760 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 15 '17 at 14:41
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$51 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Memory 92.9 1-Core 104 2-Core 191 76% 129 Pts	4-Core 365 8-Core 332 47% 349 Pts	64-Core 370 23% 370 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36DD) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1607 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Lighting 119 Reflection 119 Parallax 108 97% 115 fps	MRender 95.9 Gravity 102 Splatting 85.5 76% 94.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3867 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1279 (B1) Unknown 98 98 42 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 57 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 80 (F1) Unknown 99 99 14611097138	105% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 406 Mixed 414 99% 443 MB/s	4K Read 46.7 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 38.9 175% 62.8 MB/s	DQ Read 45.8 DQ Write 271 DQ Mixed 94.3 91% 137 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 101GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 70 63 12506173 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 340 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 18172298 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 897 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 178 (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 61 454098971 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 344 (C2) HDA temperature 27 14 60129542171 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 3 1 12506173 (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 -106931800767660 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6555159153 (F2) Unknown 100 253 7174615677	74.3% Very good	Read 148 Write 111 Mixed 114 93% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.19 76% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 113%
Seagate ST3500820AS 500GB 4,420 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 67GB free Firmware: SD46 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 109916584 (03) Spinup time 91 86 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6666 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 38839137580 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8288 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 11 (0C) Power cycle count 98 37 2561 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 4295033700 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 41 975428452380 (C2) HDA temperature 28 59 38654705692 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 44 28 109916584 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	30.6% Below average	Read 53 Write 53.5 Mixed 52.8 40% 53.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.33 73% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 30.6% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 2133 C10 4x4GB 216 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	73.2% Very good	MC Read 24.6 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 24.4 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 24.4 60% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 62.4 64% 62.4 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 80%

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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	2,317x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,194x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	794x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	342x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	309x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	273x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	202x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	138x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	251x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	152x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16