Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	87.7% 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	57.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	29.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140930
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 10 '17 at 07:12
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	PER-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.9% Very good	Memory 94.6 1-Core 101 2-Core 192 76% 129 Pts	4-Core 377 8-Core 383 51% 380 Pts	64-Core 382 24% 382 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 114 Parallax 97.7 91% 108 fps	MRender 97.2 Gravity 100 Splatting 101 82% 99.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 6992084 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 49280454755526 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 155 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 99 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 32 40 81607000096 (C2) HDA temperature 32 40 81607000096 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 6992084 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 6992084 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 6992084 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 4294967296 (E9) Unknown 0 0 1889 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1154 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1154 (F2) Unknown 0 0 830 (F4) Unknown 99 99 3473443	57.3% Above average	Read 492 Write 113 Mixed 167 56% 258 MB/s	4K Read 20.6 4K Write 97.9 4K Mixed 10.6 97% 43 MB/s	DQ Read 26.8 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 29 35% 58.1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 75%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$60 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3TB free Firmware: CC54 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 192454888 (03) Spinup time 96 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 551 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 6681849 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1819 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 244 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 59 522059807 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 63 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2939 (C2) HDA temperature 31 41 77309411359 (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 -140458315479984 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4764592843 (F2) Unknown 100 253 27284207485	91.6% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 146 Mixed 147 117% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.16 79% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 96%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 559GB free, PID 10b8 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	20.2% Poor	Read 40 Write 39.7 Mixed 39.6 51% 39.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.27 74% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 20.2% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 12,722 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1904 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	73.6% Very good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 24.2 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 18.4 SC Mixed 22.6 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 58.3 69% 58.3 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 80%

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

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-A - $150

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,318x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,194x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	794x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	342x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	309x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	273x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	202x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	138x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	251x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	152x
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 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16