Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 91.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	55.6% 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	92.2% 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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150212
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 13 '18 at 13:16
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Memory 95.6 1-Core 130 2-Core 259 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 502 8-Core 513 68% 508 Pts	64-Core 515 32% 515 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2978) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	55.6% Above average	Lighting 69.5 Reflection 74.1 Parallax 71.5 57% 71.7 fps	MRender 75.9 Gravity 65.5 Splatting 58.7 54% 66.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 4 256GB-$400 12,355 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 109GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 6 0 6 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 35204 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 891 (E8) Unknown 100 100 224223786124 (E9) Unknown 95 0 95	92.2% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 412 Mixed 415 98% 439 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 20.7 150% 63.3 MB/s	DQ Read 35.5 DQ Write 147 DQ Mixed 19.6 36% 67.5 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 106%
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 77GB free Firmware: 2.15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 94 94 30105922 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 52 52 -31490700172061 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1073 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 62 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (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 120 120 30105922 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 30105922 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 30105922 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 3076 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2128 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2128 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3657	49% Average	Read 198 Write 106 Mixed 127 32% 144 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 11.9 112% 48.8 MB/s	DQ Read 26.5 DQ Write 104 DQ Mixed 12 25% 47.5 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 61%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 368GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 189 158 5525 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4323 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 14 14 63228 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1372 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 32 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4321 (C2) HDA temperature 113 107 37 (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	36.1% Below average	Read 74.5 Write 51.1 Mixed 71.6 50% 65.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.29 79% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 1,961 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	66.2% Good	MC Read 22.9 MC Write 23.6 MC Mixed 21.1 64% 22.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 21 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 55.2 72% 55.2 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 96%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-A - $150

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,304x
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	201x
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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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