Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 45% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	55.5% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	8.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140711
Uptime	10.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 27 '17 at 14:09
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 96.9 1-Core 130 2-Core 253 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 394 8-Core 645 64% 519 Pts	64-Core 667 41% 667 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	55.5% Above average	Lighting 70.2 Reflection 72.7 Parallax 64.5 57% 69.1 fps	MRender 73.2 Gravity 64.8 Splatting 56.8 52% 64.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba Q300 120GB 1,888 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 82GB free Firmware: SAFM12.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1310 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 326 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 200 200 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 27 (C2) HDA temperature 77 59 176094511127	68.1% Good	Read 491 Write 261 Mixed 268 75% 340 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 50 4K Mixed 7.6 76% 28 MB/s	DQ Read 330 DQ Write 175 DQ Mixed 35.2 84% 180 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 103 99 5879720 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1811 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 76876534 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6758 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1489 (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 76 57 403505176 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 80 80 41731 (C2) HDA temperature 24 43 51539607576 (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 -135351599361849 (F1) Unknown 100 253 32461246050 (F2) Unknown 100 253 158066596441	89% Excellent	Read 160 Write 151 Mixed 161 119% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.18 66% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 114%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 131GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 167 166 4650 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1619 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6783 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1490 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 15 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 183 183 52290 (C2) HDA temperature 124 104 23 (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	61.8% Good	Read 116 Write 99.2 Mixed 116 83% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.23 4K Mixed 0.24 97% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CM3X8GA2133C11Y4 2x8GB 666 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	77.2% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 24.3 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 23.5 SC Mixed 24.4 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 50.8 79% 50.8 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 77.2% 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	2,309x
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 $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