Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 74.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	60.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	116% 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	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.

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Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	9.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Feb 14 '18 at 23:54
Run Duration	274 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	24%

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PC Performing as expected (56^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 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	74.4% Very good	Memory 84.1 1-Core 103 2-Core 186 72% 124 Pts	4-Core 352 8-Core 490 53% 421 Pts	64-Core 482 30% 482 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Zotac(19DA 1426) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	60.2% Good	Lighting 78.3 Reflection 81.1 Parallax 74.2 64% 77.9 fps	MRender 63 Gravity 74.3 Splatting 59.7 53% 65.7 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 184GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 1 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 15082 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1124 (B1) Unknown 94 94 328 (B3) Unknown 99 99 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 1480 (BE) vendor-specific 72 58 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 199 199 1480 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 80 (F1) Unknown 99 99 112703887560	116% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 478 Mixed 493 110% 494 MB/s	4K Read 36.3 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 43.3 167% 62.1 MB/s	DQ Read 347 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 162 169% 278 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 124%
WDC WDS500G2B0A-00SM 500GB 334 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 59GB free Firmware: X611 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2793 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 64 (A5) Unknown 100 100 8608547006 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 115 (A8) Unknown 100 100 13 (A9) Unknown 100 100 491 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 38 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 2 (C2) HDA temperature 62 59 253404381222 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 163210723366 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2109 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2310 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2088 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2715 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	52.3% Above average	Read 361 Write 235 Mixed 245 62% 280 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 30.7 4K Mixed 9.82 68% 22 MB/s	DQ Read 127 DQ Write 57.6 DQ Mixed 9.83 29% 64.9 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 117%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 199 199 9690 (03) Spinup time 177 176 6125 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9412 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 21920 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1787 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 692 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 140 140 182564 (C2) HDA temperature 118 91 32 (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 200 197 1	84.5% Excellent	Read 153 Write 141 Mixed 140 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 2.09 4K Mixed 0.3 108% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 83%
Hitachi HDS5C4040ALE630 4TB 1,274 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2TB free Firmware: MPAOA3B0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 99 (03) Spinup time 141 141 42978640419 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2389 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 111 111 43 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 13110 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2054 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 6128 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 6128 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 257698562084 (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 2	65.1% Good	Read 107 Write 120 Mixed 105 83% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.17 64% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 803GB free Firmware: HP51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 73283624 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7834 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 4338786606 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 16796 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1159 (B4) Unknown 100 100 556074252 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 72 60 470876188 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 45 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 56 56 89589 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 38654705692 (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	93.6% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 162 Mixed 140 117% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.17 62% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 114%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 114GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 17184 (03) Spinup time 134 126 4300 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2999 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 23515 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2591 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 749 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2999 (C2) HDA temperature 114 92 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 2 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	55.2% Above average	Read 104 Write 88.5 Mixed 90.7 71% 94.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.3 87% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 60%
SanDisk Extreme Pro USB 3.1 128GB-$37 664 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 63GB free, PID 5588 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 15% Great: 123%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 77,652 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	53.7% Above average	MC Read 19.1 MC Write 19.6 MC Mixed 17.7 54% 18.8 GB/s	SC Read 12 SC Write 17.5 SC Mixed 16.1 43% 15.2 GB/s	Latency 73.2 55% 73.2 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 63%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-A - $150

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,309x
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	790x
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 $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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16