Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (18th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 82 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 76.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	75.7% 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	61% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140930
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 17 '18 at 00:34
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing way below expectations (18^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 (33^rd percentile)	76.9% Very good	Memory 84.1 1-Core 116 2-Core 222 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 377 8-Core 545 58% 461 Pts	64-Core 617 38% 617 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 855C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1342 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.7% Very good	Lighting 98.1 Reflection 99.8 Parallax 90.4 80% 96.1 fps	MRender 83.8 Gravity 88.1 Splatting 77.2 68% 83 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 209GB free Firmware: X41200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3875 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 537 (A5) Unknown 100 100 15139000 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 32 (A8) Unknown 100 100 15 (A9) Unknown 100 100 519 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 6 (AE) Unknown 100 100 20 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 68 292058562594 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 223343870037 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3250 (EA) Unknown 100 100 3790 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3614 (F2) Unknown 253 253 4474 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	55.6% Above average	Read 482 Write 241 Mixed 260 72% 328 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 21.3 4K Mixed 11.2 68% 20.1 MB/s	DQ Read 28.6 DQ Write 56.9 DQ Mixed 37.5 30% 41 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 108%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7096 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1012 (A5) Unknown 100 100 107434869559 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 47 (A8) Unknown 100 100 41 (A9) Unknown 100 100 494 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 21 (AE) Unknown 100 100 87 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 62 266288758819 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2349397443328 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 10305 (EA) Unknown 100 100 16869 (F1) Unknown 253 253 12570 (F2) Unknown 253 253 32484 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	61% Good	Read 481 Write 287 Mixed 255 75% 341 MB/s	4K Read 19.7 4K Write 29.8 4K Mixed 15.7 66% 21.7 MB/s	DQ Read 26.2 DQ Write 168 DQ Mixed 8.01 32% 67.5 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3 1866 4x4GB 174 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	46.7% Average	MC Read 16 MC Write 17 MC Mixed 14.6 45% 15.9 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 16.2 SC Mixed 14.6 41% 14.4 GB/s	Latency 73.3 55% 73.3 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 73%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical Z97-A Builds (Compare 5,007 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	2,301x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,182x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	419x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	787x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	340x
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	136x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	247x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	150x
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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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