Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (92nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 8 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 93.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	39.8% 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	96.8% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago, 8 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 29 '16 at 08:04
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	UKR-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$50 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	Memory 97.7 1-Core 134 2-Core 267 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 520 8-Core 524 70% 522 Pts	64-Core 525 32% 525 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380X-$120 20,573 User benchmarks, average bench 38% Sapphire(174B E308) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 16.150.2401.0 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	39.8% Below average	Lighting 49.9 Reflection 50.7 Parallax 68.7 41% 56.4 fps	MRender 53.1 Gravity 47.8 Splatting 40.9 38% 47.2 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 40%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Savage 240GB-$117 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 76GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (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 100 100 120 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 77 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 466 (AD) Unknown 100 100 196617 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 14 (C2) HDA temperature 75 70 128850329625 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 828 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 716 (F2) Unknown 100 100 693 (F4) Unknown 100 100 3 (F5) Unknown 100 100 9 (F6) Unknown 100 100 233984	96.8% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 496 Mixed 506 113% 506 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 12.2 116% 49.4 MB/s	DQ Read 305 DQ Write 286 DQ Mixed 13.6 88% 201 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 111%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 340GB free Firmware: 1AA0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 73 73 8910 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5302 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 10099 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 15733 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 1 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5283 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 81 54 319619091 (C2) HDA temperature 80 52 353173524 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 296807 (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 100 100 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	65.3% Good	Read 109 Write 118 Mixed 125 89% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 2.26 4K Mixed 0.55 139% 1.22 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 62%
Seagate ST3250823AS 250GB-$99 5,049 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 70GB free Firmware: 3.04 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 57 47 203983000 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7800 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 280800327 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 24113 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7833 (C2) HDA temperature 26 53 60129542170 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 57 47 203983000 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	37.2% Below average	Read 65.8 Write 63.9 Mixed 61.6 48% 63.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 0.85 4K Mixed 0.31 75% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 37.2% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 24,592 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	MC Read 32.6 MC Write 34.3 MC Mixed 29.8 92% 32.2 GB/s	SC Read 21.2 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 26.3 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 47.5 84% 47.5 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 88%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus Z97-A - $150

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,331x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,201x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	422x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	797x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	345x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	310x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	275x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	203x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	139x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	252x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	154x
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 i5-12600K $169	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $135
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $75
Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $369