Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	62.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	74.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	19.4 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140930
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Mar 23 '18 at 00:58
Run Duration	109 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing as expected (47^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	Memory 79.4 1-Core 116 2-Core 192 75% 129 Pts	4-Core 388 8-Core 612 62% 500 Pts	64-Core 643 40% 643 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6264) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.7% Good	Lighting 79.5 Reflection 75.7 Parallax 67.4 65% 74.2 fps	MRender 70 Gravity 71.5 Splatting 72.8 59% 71.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 250GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3957 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1172 (A5) Unknown 100 100 26411326 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 20 (A8) Unknown 100 100 12 (A9) Unknown 100 100 411 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 79 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 178 (C2) HDA temperature 70 64 274878824478 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 386549809242 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1761 (EA) Unknown 100 100 6541 (F1) Unknown 253 253 5478 (F2) Unknown 253 253 9055 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	74.5% Very good	Read 481 Write 232 Mixed 265 72% 326 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 58.3 4K Mixed 16.1 102% 35.9 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 173 DQ Mixed 42.2 89% 188 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 556GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 88355936 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2444 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 323288694 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9257 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2356 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 80 673 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 47 505151516 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 53 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 81 81 38353 (C2) HDA temperature 28 53 47244640284 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 26268019991155 (F1) Unknown 100 253 45641579122 (F2) Unknown 100 253 848226572608	86.7% Excellent	Read 155 Write 147 Mixed 148 113% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.23 88% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ16GX3M2A1866C10 0420 F3-14900CL9-4GBXL 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1866C10 0420 F3-14900CL9-4GBXL 24GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1333, 1867, 1333, 1867 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	46.8% Average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 17.4 MC Mixed 14.1 46% 16.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 16.2 SC Mixed 14.5 41% 14.3 GB/s	Latency 81.6 49% 81.6 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 63%

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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	2,306x
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	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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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