Asus Z97-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 82.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	24.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140620
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 16 '17 at 23:48
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 119 2-Core 226 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 394 8-Core 571 60% 482 Pts	64-Core 653 40% 653 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 1995 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 117 Parallax 110 87% 111 fps	MRender 98.6 Gravity 98.7 Splatting 101 82% 99.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 211GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 109 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 6 (B1) Unknown 100 100 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 65 60 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 3 (F1) Unknown 99 99 778181979
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Seagate IronWolf 4TB (2016)-$95 26,217 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 3TB free Firmware: SC60 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 64 219444761 (03) Spinup time 95 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 281 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 90 60 1039559800 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 -8315056681192 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 270 (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 69 61 522125343 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 13 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 696 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 77309411359 (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 122943438851830 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2723337233 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1679635504	98.8% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 174 Mixed 139 121% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 2.18 4K Mixed 0.29 105% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 108%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 622GB free Firmware: 82.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 193 178 5308 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1061 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 19918 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1039 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 63 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 16426 (C2) HDA temperature 115 109 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	76.9% Very good	Read 151 Write 117 Mixed 112 95% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 0.25 91% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 88%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 62GB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 138 121 6091 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1592 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 39 39 44700 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1245 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 135 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 312747 (C2) HDA temperature 109 93 38 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 62 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 199 0	43.9% Average	Read 77.9 Write 75 Mixed 56.2 52% 69.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.16 4K Mixed 0.16 58% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 59%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1GB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 140 7841 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1702 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 46 46 39473 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1204 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 123 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 121 121 237689 (C2) HDA temperature 117 106 35 (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	33.7% Below average	Read 64.2 Write 53.1 Mixed 60 45% 59.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.17 67% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 4x8GB 8,984 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	60.6% Good	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 18.8 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 18.6 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 63%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

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