Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 84%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	95.5% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	5760 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 06 '18 at 22:32
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$52 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Memory 95.9 1-Core 107 2-Core 213 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 419 8-Core 413 56% 416 Pts	64-Core 421 26% 421 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36DD) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1607 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Lighting 116 Reflection 120 Parallax 108 94% 114 fps	MRender 87.7 Gravity 103 Splatting 96 78% 95.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4806 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1402 (B1) Unknown 97 97 47 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 56 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 80 (F1) Unknown 99 99 16322125442	95.5% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 407 Mixed 419 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 40.2 4K Write 96.2 4K Mixed 27.5 147% 54.6 MB/s	DQ Read 46.4 DQ Write 266 DQ Mixed 26.9 59% 113 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 138042704 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 318 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 5047339 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 934 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 126 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 47 454033434 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 9047 (C2) HDA temperature 26 53 55834574874 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -22754736733704 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6431429534 (F2) Unknown 100 253 29492001331	101% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 162 Mixed 167 130% 173 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.22 70% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 114%
Seagate ST3500820AS 500GB 4,420 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 2TB free Firmware: SD46 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 97870656 (03) Spinup time 89 86 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7778 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 38847368756 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9219 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 21 (0C) Power cycle count 98 37 2684 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 4295033700 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 41 988313354266 (C2) HDA temperature 26 59 38654705690 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 40 28 97870656 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	101% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 158 Mixed 170 131% 174 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.22 70% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 60%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 93GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 66 63 3930191 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 477 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 24056022 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1836 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 301 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 52 470810650 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 486 (C2) HDA temperature 26 13 55834574874 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 6 1 3930191 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 22935125362425 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8164770601 (F2) Unknown 100 253 10441594750	66.6% Good	Read 108 Write 124 Mixed 120 89% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.28 81% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 2133 C10 4x4GB 216 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	80.4% Excellent	MC Read 29.5 MC Write 30.6 MC Mixed 26.8 83% 29 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 25 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 54.4 74% 54.4 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 80%

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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	2,303x
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