Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 82.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	18.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	247% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 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	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 25 '18 at 16:13
Run Duration	248 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 110 2-Core 224 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 538 59% 465 Pts	64-Core 562 35% 562 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% MSI(1462 3102) CLim: 1333 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	18.7% Very poor	Lighting 23.4 Reflection 17.8 Parallax 20.9 19% 20.7 fps	MRender 26 Gravity 24.1 Splatting 17.6 18% 22.6 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 18.7% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 424GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1944 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 816 (B1) Unknown 99 99 7 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 60 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 51 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6982204397	112% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 406 Mixed 419 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 43.8 4K Write 83.9 4K Mixed 48 172% 58.6 MB/s	DQ Read 350 DQ Write 257 DQ Mixed 113 136% 240 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 134%
Kingston KC1000 NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB-$320 1,236 User benchmarks, average bench 164% 406GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FT04.6 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	247% Outstanding	Read 2,463 Write 1,458 Mixed 1,770 420% 1,897 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 90.1 4K Mixed 37.7 142% 52.8 MB/s	DQ Read 411 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 117 150% 271 MB/s
Poor: 107% ↑ This bench: 247% Great: 209%
Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB-$503 3,421 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 166GB free Firmware: M208 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4655 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1753 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 253 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 78 (B5) Unknown 253 253 0 (B6) Unknown 253 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 78 (C2) HDA temperature 31 0 85902098463 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 253 253 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 11989 (F1) Unknown 100 100 6685 (F2) Unknown 100 100 9659 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 9702	102% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 472 Mixed 484 108% 486 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 86.6 4K Mixed 32.9 129% 48.8 MB/s	DQ Read 340 DQ Write 273 DQ Mixed 93 128% 235 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 100%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 930GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 9 (03) Spinup time 239 221 8041 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6709 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 9410 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3345 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 630 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6706 (C2) HDA temperature 116 98 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	53.8% Above average	Read 92.8 Write 94.2 Mixed 92.2 70% 93.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.47 127% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 76%
WD Black 640GB (2008)-$25 19,988 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 116GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 161 159 4941 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7704 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 13088 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3298 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 271 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7698 (C2) HDA temperature 116 103 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	54.9% Above average	Read 111 Write 80.4 Mixed 109 76% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.35 97% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB 48,796 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	59.7% Above average	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.6 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 18.8 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 63.6 63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 63%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-A - $150

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,310x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,186x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	791x
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 $94Bench 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 $274	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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