Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 78.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	65.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	73% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 16 '18 at 22:54
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	78.5% Very good	Memory 88.2 1-Core 112 2-Core 212 79% 137 Pts	4-Core 371 8-Core 577 58% 474 Pts	64-Core 587 36% 587 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Nvidia(10DE 1C03) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2164 MHz, MLim: 2007 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65.4% Good	Lighting 81.9 Reflection 86.6 Parallax 73.2 67% 80.5 fps	MRender 70.8 Gravity 75.4 Splatting 81.3 63% 75.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow KC400 128GB-$75 747 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 82GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM00.Y Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7313 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 873 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 240 (AD) Unknown 100 100 6488232 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 170 (C2) HDA temperature 64 50 214749347876 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 97 (E9) Unknown 100 100 13039 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 11117 (F2) Unknown 100 100 7925 (F4) Unknown 100 100 99 (F5) Unknown 100 100 168 (F6) Unknown 100 100 3434208	73% Very good	Read 508 Write 345 Mixed 375 91% 409 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 82.1 4K Mixed 10.8 103% 40.9 MB/s	DQ Read 30.8 DQ Write 88.9 DQ Mixed 10.5 22% 43.4 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 106%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 171 4258 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1365 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11581 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1313 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 200 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 145 145 167131 (C2) HDA temperature 112 94 35 (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	68.7% Good	Read 120 Write 119 Mixed 117 90% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.21 100% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 84%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$24 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 466GB free Firmware: SC13 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 99 1582799 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 37 1 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 75 20144 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 37 1436 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 90 90 10 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 457 (BE) vendor-specific 66 50 588578850 (C2) HDA temperature 34 50 34359738402 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 11 10 1582799 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	62.1% Good	Read 118 Write 98.5 Mixed 96.1 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.52 111% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 60%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E680 500GB 66,048 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 452GB free Firmware: GR2OA3E0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 230 230 55834574849 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 408 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 2997 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 364 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 19776 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 214749347872 (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	57.4% Above average	Read 99 Write 101 Mixed 97.7 75% 99.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.19 70% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT102464BA160B.C16 0118 4GBH1X04JACC31-165 0118 4GBH1X04JACC31-165 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1600, 1867, 1867 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	56.2% Above average	MC Read 20.3 MC Write 20.9 MC Mixed 16.5 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 20.6 SC Mixed 18.4 51% 18 GB/s	Latency 69.4 58% 69.4 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 58%

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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%

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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