Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 83.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	26.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	85% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140930
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '17 at 18:22
Run Duration	215 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Memory 93 1-Core 116 2-Core 223 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 439 58% 432 Pts	64-Core 439 27% 439 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-$101 269,381 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Asus(1043 85D9) 2GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 375.63 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	26.9% Poor	Lighting 32.8 Reflection 25.7 Parallax 34.8 27% 31.1 fps	MRender 38.3 Gravity 30.8 Splatting 32.1 27% 33.7 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 26.9% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 236GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6707 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2315 (B1) Unknown 99 99 16 (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 72 51 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 3 (EB) Unknown 99 99 23 (F1) Unknown 99 99 23938997737	85% Excellent	Read 491 Write 396 Mixed 411 96% 433 MB/s	4K Read 37.6 4K Write 74.8 4K Mixed 25.5 129% 46 MB/s	DQ Read 34.5 DQ Write 92.6 DQ Mixed 67.7 50% 64.9 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 134%
OCZ AGILITY3 60GB 14,293 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 55GB free Firmware: 2.25 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 120 120 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -61753039781329 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 537 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 20 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 712 (EA) Unknown 0 0 761 (F1) Unknown 0 0 761 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1246	33.7% Below average	Read 196 Write 61.4 Mixed 87.9 25% 115 MB/s	4K Read 18.6 4K Write 59.2 4K Mixed 9.02 71% 29 MB/s	DQ Read 15.2 DQ Write 62.4 DQ Mixed 20.7 21% 32.8 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 51%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 810GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 168 2400 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6776 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6715 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2327 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6779 (C2) HDA temperature 115 99 28 (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	97.6% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 170 Mixed 164 127% 168 MB/s	4K Read 1.16 4K Write 2.53 4K Mixed 0.37 136% 1.35 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 108%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 419GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 73 68 8401 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10496 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5061 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3987 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 103 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 57 184684249116 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 57 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 10586	66.4% Good	Read 103 Write 128 Mixed 95.8 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.6 137% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/4G KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1866C10D3/4G KHX1600C10D3/8G 16GB 416 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1333, 1600, 1333, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	63.3% Good	MC Read 22.4 MC Write 23.5 MC Mixed 19.7 62% 21.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 21.3 55% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 62.1 64% 62.1 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 66%

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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	2,306x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,184x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	789x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	341x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	307x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	270x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $125	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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