Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Speed boat	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	37.5% 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	91.7% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150424
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 13 '18 at 21:02
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Memory 97.4 1-Core 117 2-Core 231 85% 148 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 463 62% 463 Pts	64-Core 458 28% 458 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Sapphire(174B 3001) CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 18.1.1 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	37.5% Below average	Lighting 49 Reflection 32.5 Parallax 62 40% 47.8 fps	MRender 31.4 Gravity 47.8 Splatting 40.2 33% 39.8 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ AMD Radeon R7 120GB-$67 1,123 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11777 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 819 (AB) Unknown 100 100 39793744 (AE) Unknown 100 100 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 105 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 97 97 97 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3100 (F2) Unknown 100 100 5896 (F9) Unknown 100 100 207722842	91.7% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 423 Mixed 446 103% 462 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 24.8 152% 65.6 MB/s	DQ Read 15.6 DQ Write 14.5 DQ Mixed 15.9 12% 15.3 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 104%
Hitachi HUA721050KLA330 500GB 1,003 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 230GB free Firmware: GK6O Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 130 130 151 (03) Spinup time 120 120 34386936221 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2464 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 134 134 32 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 44689 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 390 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2824 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2824 (C2) HDA temperature 142 142 231929282602 (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 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	43.5% Average	Read 75.9 Write 75.5 Mixed 73.3 56% 74.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.41 105% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 47%
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25 163,843 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 184GB free Firmware: MS1O Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 70 (03) Spinup time 127 127 12896698548 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5006 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 110 110 36 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 17021 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1085 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 5012 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 5012 (C2) HDA temperature 162 162 214750003237 (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	84.3% Excellent	Read 181 Write 113 Mixed 131 106% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 2.14 4K Mixed 0.19 91% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 937 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	MC Read 33.3 MC Write 34.2 MC Mixed 29.9 93% 32.5 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 26.5 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 48.6 82% 48.6 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 87%

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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	2,309x
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