Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 84%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.5% 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	97.5% 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.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	24.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jun 30 '17 at 01:58
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	37%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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 above expectations (84^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Memory 97 1-Core 119 2-Core 221 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 384 8-Core 580 60% 482 Pts	64-Core 598 37% 598 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3303) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2027 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.5% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 108 Parallax 89.6 86% 101 fps	MRender 84.1 Gravity 99.3 Splatting 94.5 76% 92.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M5 Pro 256GB-$100 2,451 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th 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 24589 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1600 (B1) Unknown 100 100 628309 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 367 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 574212 (F2) Unknown 100 100 627629	97.5% Outstanding	Read 452 Write 435 Mixed 445 99% 444 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 78.6 4K Mixed 35.5 131% 47.6 MB/s	DQ Read 304 DQ Write 269 DQ Mixed 99.7 126% 224 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 106%
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 21GB free Firmware: Z32080RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 483 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 119 (A5) Unknown 100 100 755938885986 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 22 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 7 (AE) Unknown 100 100 84 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 46 231928234019 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 506813481078 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 940 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1690 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1107 (F2) Unknown 253 253 802 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	78.9% Very good	Read 509 Write 398 Mixed 447 100% 451 MB/s	4K Read 19.5 4K Write 98.6 4K Mixed 6.54 90% 41.5 MB/s	DQ Read 149 DQ Write 269 DQ Mixed 0.06 59% 139 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 78%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$40 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 540GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 168 167 2566 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5490 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18601 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1009 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 172 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5350 (C2) HDA temperature 119 93 24 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	71.2% Very good	Read 137 Write 111 Mixed 112 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 2.17 4K Mixed 0.25 86% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 108%
Seagate Momentus 5400.6 2.5" 500GB-$28 83,084 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 193GB free Firmware: 0003SDM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 79050342 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 14117 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 136429342 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6845 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 7013 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 78 56 369819670 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 118 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 164 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 34 34 132484 (C2) HDA temperature 22 44 34359738390 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 51 36 79050342 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	34.4% Below average	Read 67.1 Write 52.7 Mixed 60.6 45% 60.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 0.89 4K Mixed 0.3 68% 0.54 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 34.4% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 4x8GB 7,519 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	84.9% Excellent	MC Read 31.5 MC Write 32.5 MC Mixed 27.3 87% 30.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.5 SC Write 21.9 SC Mixed 24.7 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 50.3 80% 50.3 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 119%

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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	421x

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	252x
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 $209	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16