Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	26.6% 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	98.7% 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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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	7.8 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140930
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 12 '18 at 10:32
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (48^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 127 2-Core 251 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 430 8-Core 681 68% 556 Pts	64-Core 673 42% 673 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1602 MHz, MLim: 1980 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	26.6% Poor	Lighting 30 Reflection 34.6 Parallax 28.1 24% 30.9 fps	MRender 42.9 Gravity 30 Splatting 39.1 31% 37.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 26.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 151GB free Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	139% Outstanding	Read 733 Write 547 Mixed 570 137% 617 MB/s	4K Read 55.2 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 44.2 195% 67.8 MB/s	DQ Read 499 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 171 189% 325 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 139% Great: 236%
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB-$215 19,372 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 4GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 5 0 5 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3308 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1354 (E8) Unknown 100 100 15790455873 (E9) Unknown 98 0 98	98.7% Outstanding	Read 426 Write 388 Mixed 337 86% 384 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 26.4 153% 62.5 MB/s	DQ Read 351 DQ Write 242 DQ Mixed 96.8 126% 230 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 104%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 342GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 71 71 9440 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2488 (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 98 98 9897 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1429 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 1 1 4241 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 1 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 80 62 336658452 (C2) HDA temperature 77 57 386924567 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 414541 (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 99 90 30993 (C8) Write error rate 100 99 13 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	44.1% Average	Read 82.7 Write 71.1 Mixed 63.7 54% 72.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.26 4K Mixed 0.36 80% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 58%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 59GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 168 158 6583 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6537 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 8879 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3629 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 105 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6523 (C2) HDA temperature 122 97 28 (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 1 26188 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	29.3% Poor	Read 51.9 Write 49.9 Mixed 50.2 38% 50.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.28 87% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 29.3% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-17000CL11-4GBXL 0215 CMX4GX3M2A1600C9 0420 F3-17000CL11-4GBXL 0215 CMX4GX3M2A1600C9 12GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2133, 1600, 2133, 1600 MHz 4096, 2048, 4096, 2048 MB Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	50.6% Above average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 18 MC Mixed 14.8 47% 16.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 18.6 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 62.4 64% 62.4 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 58%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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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 $178	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