Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 87.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	31.9% 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	70.8% 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	6.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140930
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 25 '18 at 01:58
Run Duration	121 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Memory 89.6 1-Core 128 2-Core 255 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 651 70% 558 Pts	64-Core 658 41% 658 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7950-$290 33,820 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Sapphire(174B E249) 3GB CLim: 925 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	31.9% Below average	Lighting 41.4 Reflection 29.9 Parallax 51.9 34% 41.1 fps	MRender 28.4 Gravity 37.2 Splatting 36.5 28% 34.1 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 31.9% Great: 32%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX900 256GB-$164 6,726 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 116GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.8.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 27812872 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 75411035797057 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7735 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 163 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 43 50 1005025624107 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 27812872 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 27812872 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 27812872 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 25769803777 (E9) Unknown 0 0 21247 (EA) Unknown 0 0 23947 (F1) Unknown 0 0 23947 (F2) Unknown 0 0 19310	70.8% Very good	Read 484 Write 248 Mixed 308 76% 347 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 99.2 4K Mixed 13.6 117% 48 MB/s	DQ Read 30.9 DQ Write 105 DQ Mixed 13.8 26% 49.8 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 90%
WD Green 1.5TB (2011)-$51 6,566 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 435GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1184 (03) Spinup time 174 169 6283 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11970 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 17478 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 91 91 9267 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 305 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 324439 (C2) HDA temperature 111 104 39 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 2 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 3 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 5	28.9% Poor	Read 53.8 Write 46.7 Mixed 55.8 39% 52.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.22 72% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 28.9% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-559.A00LF KHX1600C10D3/8GX 16GB 165 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1333, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	51% Above average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 15.7 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 15.3 47% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 61%

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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