Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	55.7% 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	72.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 9 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '17 at 20:29
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Memory 96.7 1-Core 114 2-Core 230 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 449 8-Core 439 60% 444 Pts	64-Core 458 28% 458 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Nvidia(10DE 13C2) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	55.7% Above average	Lighting 69.8 Reflection 70.7 Parallax 63.7 57% 68.1 fps	MRender 74.5 Gravity 64.3 Splatting 59.1 53% 66 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM00.r Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^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 1882 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 791 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2 (AA) Unknown 100 100 668 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3539081 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 8978486 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 143 (C2) HDA temperature 69 57 184684970015 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (DA) Unknown 100 100 1 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (E9) Unknown 100 100 13649 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 10410 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4428 (F4) Unknown 100 100 54 (F5) Unknown 100 100 137 (F6) Unknown 100 100 3691840	72.4% Very good	Read 520 Write 388 Mixed 272 87% 393 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 53.9 4K Mixed 14 82% 30.4 MB/s	DQ Read 127 DQ Write 57.5 DQ Mixed 22.9 35% 69.1 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 111%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 585GB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 85 76211598 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 7130 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 48 111747628517 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 11064 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2257 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 1928 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65537 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 428 (BE) vendor-specific 73 46 4749459483 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 145 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 71 71 58340 (C2) HDA temperature 27 54 -140737488355301 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 24 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 24 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 6914897352213 (F1) Unknown 100 253 40839793655 (F2) Unknown 100 253 44117832086	63.6% Good	Read 109 Write 113 Mixed 31 61% 84.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.01 4K Mixed 0.21 58% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 114%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 583GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1378 (03) Spinup time 175 173 2241 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4582 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 8893 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 753 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 121 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4590 (C2) HDA temperature 115 101 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 19 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 143 424 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	100% Outstanding	Read 197 Write 153 Mixed 74.8 104% 142 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.91 4K Mixed 0.28 139% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M2A2133C11 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A2133C11 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A2133C11 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A2133C11 16GB 121 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2133, 1600, 2133, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	MC Read 29.4 MC Write 30.7 MC Mixed 27.1 83% 29.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.6 SC Write 21.3 SC Mixed 25.8 64% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 51.3 78% 51.3 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 80%

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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	2,310x
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	791x
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 $94Bench 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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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