Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 94.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	41.5% 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	96% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 24 '16 at 15:15
Run Duration	282 Seconds
Run User	UKR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (84^th 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)	94.3% Outstanding	Memory 97.6 1-Core 137 2-Core 274 95% 170 Pts	4-Core 524 8-Core 535 70% 529 Pts	64-Core 537 33% 537 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 94.3% 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. 16.200.1035.1001 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	41.5% Average	Lighting 53 Reflection 53.5 Parallax 63.3 43% 56.6 fps	MRender 53.2 Gravity 47.8 Splatting 41 38% 47.4 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 40%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Savage 240GB-$117 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 123GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th 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 100 100 778 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 330 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 466 (AD) Unknown 100 100 655430 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 20 (C2) HDA temperature 69 63 158915100703 (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 2134 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1272 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1495 (F4) Unknown 100 100 10 (F5) Unknown 100 100 70 (F6) Unknown 100 100 740544	96% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 491 Mixed 461 109% 487 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 12.6 118% 49.9 MB/s	DQ Read 344 DQ Write 213 DQ Mixed 13.5 81% 190 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 111%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 194GB free Firmware: 1AA0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 74 74 8670 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 5558 (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 16397 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 1 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5536 (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 68 54 538050592 (C2) HDA temperature 67 52 554827809 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1025071 (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 100 100 0	50.5% Above average	Read 89.9 Write 86 Mixed 88.3 66% 88.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.48 118% 1 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 62%
Seagate ST3250823AS 250GB-$99 5,049 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 67GB free Firmware: 3.04 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 56 47 215431780 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 8056 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 325478914 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 24767 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 8086 (C2) HDA temperature 39 53 60129542183 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 56 47 215431780 (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	31.5% Below average	Read 55.4 Write 54.4 Mixed 52.8 41% 54.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 0.88 4K Mixed 0.3 66% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 31.5% Great: 37%
GOODDRIVE 8GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 5GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	6.54% Terrible	Read 18.6 Write 7.36 Mixed 9.52 13% 11.8 MB/s	4K Read 9.37 4K Write 0.009 4K Mixed 0.01 35% 3.13 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.54% Great: 7%

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)	91.9% Outstanding	MC Read 34 MC Write 34.3 MC Mixed 29.9 94% 32.7 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 24.9 SC Mixed 27.7 71% 24.9 GB/s	Latency 47.9 83% 47.9 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 88%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus Z97-A - $150

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,325x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,197x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	421x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	795x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	343x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	310x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	274x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	202x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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 $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16