Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 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 92.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	90% 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	93.6% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	29.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 11 '17 at 15:30
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (91^st 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Memory 95.7 1-Core 136 2-Core 260 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 481 8-Core 711 74% 596 Pts	64-Core 712 44% 712 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Zotac(19DA 1396) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1627 MHz, MLim: 1805 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90% Excellent	Lighting 117 Reflection 111 Parallax 119 96% 116 fps	MRender 99.4 Gravity 107 Splatting 87.1 79% 97.8 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ ARC 100 480GB-$70 1,835 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 121GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7969 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2025 (AB) Unknown 100 100 161745232 (AE) Unknown 100 100 167 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 189 (D2) Unknown 100 100 3 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 94 94 94 (F1) Unknown 100 100 28605 (F2) Unknown 100 100 23721 (F9) Unknown 100 100 1015781257	93.6% Outstanding	Read 461 Write 431 Mixed 426 98% 439 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 33.2 149% 60 MB/s	DQ Read 30.1 DQ Write 142 DQ Mixed 21 35% 64.3 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 101%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 170 8233 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2140 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5311 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1010 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 76 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 186 186 42012 (C2) HDA temperature 122 94 30 (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
Poor: 49% Great: 101%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 527GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 136 134 4158 (04) Start/Stop count 86 86 14566 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 9209 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2045 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 364 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 170 170 91538 (C2) HDA temperature 116 90 27 (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	80% Excellent	Read 151 Write 128 Mixed 127 102% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 2.36 4K Mixed 0.23 92% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMY16GX3M2A1866C10 0215 CMY16GX3M2A1866C9 0215 CMY16GX3M2A1866C10 0215 CMY16GX3M2A1866C9 32GB 52 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	70.9% Very good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 25.6 MC Mixed 22 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 23.1 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 55 73% 55 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 71%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

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	1,198x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	421x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	796x
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 $361	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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