Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	53.6% 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	53.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	3.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140620
Uptime	27 Days
Run Date	Feb 18 '18 at 20:37
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 95.3 1-Core 111 2-Core 231 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 430 59% 440 Pts	64-Core 455 28% 455 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Asus(1043 0470) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1260 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	53.6% Above average	Lighting 66.3 Reflection 59.6 Parallax 80.5 54% 68.8 fps	MRender 58.6 Gravity 53.3 Splatting 76.2 53% 62.7 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 96GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1906 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2298 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 97 97 98 (AE) Unknown 100 100 279 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4403 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 71 57 184684314653 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 97 97 3 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 24865533359 (F7) Unknown 100 100 787081678 (F8) Unknown 100 100 2463275578	53.8% Above average	Read 339 Write 53.4 Mixed 260 48% 218 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 45.5 4K Mixed 20.9 87% 30.1 MB/s	DQ Read 287 DQ Write 188 DQ Mixed 32.6 80% 169 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 107%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 632GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 172 2100 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11786 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 7274 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2297 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 273 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 11512 (C2) HDA temperature 120 101 23 (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	90.1% Outstanding	Read 158 Write 156 Mixed 153 117% 155 MB/s	4K Read 1.41 4K Write 2.69 4K Mixed 0.35 147% 1.48 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GB 9,885 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	72.3% Very good	MC Read 26 MC Write 26.6 MC Mixed 23.5 72% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 22.4 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 56.3 71% 56.3 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 69%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	2,309x
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 $178	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