Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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	83.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	61.2% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 08 '18 at 23:23
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (46^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Memory 81.6 1-Core 118 2-Core 216 78% 139 Pts	4-Core 415 8-Core 649 66% 532 Pts	64-Core 659 41% 659 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 1996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 113 Parallax 104 88% 108 fps	MRender 91 Gravity 97 Splatting 90.1 76% 92.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX7000 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$155 2,976 User benchmarks, average bench 126% 477GB free Firmware: CB1.1.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 614 Write 438 Mixed 451 111% 501 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 98.3 4K Mixed 29.2 138% 53.2 MB/s	DQ Read 32.6 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 109 109% 164 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 142%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 137GB free Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 14 100 526 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1568 (A6) Unknown 100 100 296 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 348 (A9) Unknown 100 100 35 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 330 (AE) Unknown 100 100 339 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 61 100 304942678055 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 11 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 76253 (F1) Unknown 253 253 4070 (F2) Unknown 253 253 3720	77.9% Very good	Read 497 Write 360 Mixed 415 94% 424 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 4.19 109% 47 MB/s	DQ Read 27.3 DQ Write 265 DQ Mixed 22.2 54% 105 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 86%
SanDisk Extreme II 120GB-$130 2,462 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2GB free (System drive) Firmware: R1311 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 5836 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2725 (A6) Unknown 100 100 290 (A7) Unknown 100 100 22 (A8) Unknown 100 100 504 (A9) Unknown 100 100 201 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 396 (AE) Unknown 100 100 438 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 150 644246011936 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 3348 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 51401 (F1) Unknown 253 253 19175 (F2) Unknown 253 253 20633 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	61.2% Good	Read 400 Write 102 Mixed 121 45% 208 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 68.1 4K Mixed 14.2 104% 38.3 MB/s	DQ Read 295 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 12.9 61% 143 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 101%
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 26,179 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 61GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 169 158 6525 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3687 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6062 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2691 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 200 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3685 (C2) HDA temperature 119 91 31 (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	42.5% Average	Read 76.4 Write 71.5 Mixed 61 52% 69.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.41 95% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 28,220 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48% Average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 17.7 MC Mixed 15.5 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 10.9 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 13.2 37% 13 GB/s	Latency 77.7 52% 77.7 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 61%

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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 $133	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