Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	60.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	69.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 (31%). 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	5.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	10.6 Days
Run Date	Jan 01 '18 at 16:31
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	31%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	72.4% Very good	Memory 86.8 1-Core 106 2-Core 194 75% 129 Pts	4-Core 314 8-Core 479 49% 397 Pts	64-Core 552 34% 552 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Nvidia(10DE 1C03) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	60.7% Good	Lighting 75.6 Reflection 78.5 Parallax 67.6 62% 73.9 fps	MRender 69 Gravity 70.8 Splatting 74.5 59% 71.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow KC400 128GB-$75 747 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM00.Y Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6082 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 759 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 240 (AD) Unknown 100 100 5308565 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 144 (C2) HDA temperature 60 53 201864445992 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 98 (E9) Unknown 100 100 10669 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 9007 (F2) Unknown 100 100 6824 (F4) Unknown 100 100 81 (F5) Unknown 100 100 149 (F6) Unknown 100 100 2812896	69.6% Good	Read 511 Write 298 Mixed 367 87% 392 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 78.2 4K Mixed 10.5 100% 39.6 MB/s	DQ Read 29.3 DQ Write 88.9 DQ Mixed 11.5 22% 43.2 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 106%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 473GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 171 4225 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1215 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10338 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1202 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 177 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 156 156 134125 (C2) HDA temperature 106 100 41 (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	52% Above average	Read 96.6 Write 84.4 Mixed 77.6 65% 86.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.26 85% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 84%
Seagate Expansion 500GB 5,329 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 340GB free Firmware: 0637 Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	47% Average	Read 83.4 Write 80.7 Mixed 85.1 63% 83.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.23 4K Write 0.71 4K Mixed 0.13 37% 0.36 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 62%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E680 500GB 66,048 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 197GB free Firmware: GR2OA3E0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 227 227 55834574849 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 299 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 1752 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 255 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 14564 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 214749347874 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	40.7% Average	Read 70.7 Write 71 Mixed 73.5 54% 71.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.12 4K Mixed 0.17 55% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT102464BA160B.C16 0118 4GBH1X04JACC31-165 0118 4GBH1X04JACC31-165 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1600, 1867, 1867 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	53.2% Above average	MC Read 18.9 MC Write 20.2 MC Mixed 16.2 53% 18.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 18.1 SC Mixed 15.9 44% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 70.6 57% 70.6 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 58%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus Z97-A - $150

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,313x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,193x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	793x
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	272x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	202x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	138x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	250x
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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16