Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 80.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	54% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	100% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	27.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1842 x 1036 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140930
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jun 11 '18 at 09:02
Run Duration	260 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 above expectations (62^nd percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Memory 87.9 1-Core 121 2-Core 237 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 398 8-Core 650 64% 524 Pts	64-Core 650 40% 650 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	54% Above average	Lighting 67.6 Reflection 70.3 Parallax 62.3 55% 66.7 fps	MRender 73.2 Gravity 64 Splatting 56.3 52% 64.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 397GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 153 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 126 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 63 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 12 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1464717550	100% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 402 Mixed 416 97% 438 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 74.8 4K Mixed 44.4 137% 48.6 MB/s	DQ Read 357 DQ Write 223 DQ Mixed 130 140% 237 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 134%
Crucial MX100 128GB-$74 9,892 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 31GB free Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1971 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 911 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 96 96 126 (AE) Unknown 100 100 71 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1036 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 72 62 163209609244 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 16 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 96 96 4 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 16974695257 (F7) Unknown 100 100 534320084 (F8) Unknown 100 100 524269954	74.6% Very good	Read 512 Write 181 Mixed 266 70% 320 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 68.7 4K Mixed 26.9 106% 39.6 MB/s	DQ Read 310 DQ Write 174 DQ Mixed 49.6 88% 178 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 89%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 49576208 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 933 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 13036051 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1923 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 864 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 75 64 521404441 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 23 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 13530 (C2) HDA temperature 25 40 51539607577 (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 -79882096737256 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11383041911 (F2) Unknown 100 253 264300237361	111% Outstanding	Read 199 Write 189 Mixed 184 144% 191 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.24 88% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 113%
DISK 8GB 1,051 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 8GB free, PID null Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	6.88% Terrible	Read 24.8 Write 9.52 Mixed 13.3 18% 15.9 MB/s	4K Read 4.96 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.009 19% 1.66 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 6.88% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 6,389 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.2% Average	MC Read 16.3 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 15 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 16.9 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 69.6 58% 69.6 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 87%

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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%

Jet ski

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 $179	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