Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Tree trunk	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 79.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	11.2% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	123% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (39%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	29 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 11 '17 at 22:18
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	CYP-User
Background CPU	39%

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Memory 91.7 1-Core 120 2-Core 226 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 361 8-Core 598 58% 480 Pts	64-Core 605 37% 605 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 745 (OEM)-$60 26,874 User benchmarks, average bench 10% Nvidia(10DE 1065) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1032 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	11.2% Very poor	Lighting 14 Reflection 13.4 Parallax 10.3 11% 12.6 fps	MRender 11.3 Gravity 12.6 Splatting 14.4 11% 12.8 fps
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 11.2% Great: 10%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 480GB-$250 15,510 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 208GB free Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 12507722 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -59021440581631 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 0 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 25 47 77312491545 (C2) HDA temperature 25 47 77312491545 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 12507722 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 12507722 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 12507722 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 8589934592 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4294959403 (EA) Unknown 0 0 17 (F1) Unknown 0 0 17 (F2) Unknown 0 0 6 (F4) Unknown 100 100 2818071	57% Above average	Read 500 Write 203 Mixed 244 69% 316 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 16 4K Mixed 14.8 65% 18.6 MB/s	DQ Read 151 DQ Write 76.1 DQ Mixed 46.7 52% 91.2 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 65%
Kingston HyperX Predator AHCI PCIe M.2 240GB-$141 6,458 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 127GB free (System drive) Firmware: OC34L5TM Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 526 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 275 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 161 (64) Unknown 100 100 2535232 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 0 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 93 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 0 0 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 38 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 9502 (B3) Unknown 0 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 37 100 214749610021 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 526 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 288 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 526 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1129 (F1) Unknown 100 100 985 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1198 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 9933	123% Outstanding	Read 736 Write 637 Mixed 674 152% 682 MB/s	4K Read 38.1 4K Write 91.5 4K Mixed 18.7 130% 49.5 MB/s	DQ Read 473 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 17.8 114% 267 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 159%
Kingston HyperX Savage USB 3.1 256GB-$126 448 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 78GB free, PID 16b3 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Read 250 Write 203 Mixed 188 264% 214 MB/s	4K Read 3.1 4K Write 0.85 4K Mixed 0.25 49% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT102464BD160B.C16 1315 CT102464BD160B.M16 1315 CT102464BD160B.C16 1315 CT102464BD160B.C16 32GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	59.6% Above average	MC Read 22.3 MC Write 21.5 MC Mixed 16.5 57% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 21 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 59%

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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