Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 47% Yacht


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 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 95.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	52.3% 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	65.7% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140930
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 08 '16 at 19:46
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	4%

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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Memory 98.6 1-Core 131 2-Core 257 92% 162 Pts	4-Core 498 8-Core 700 75% 599 Pts	64-Core 699 43% 699 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Zotac(19DA 1368) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5900 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	52.3% Above average	Lighting 66 Reflection 68.6 Parallax 60.2 54% 64.9 fps	MRender 73.9 Gravity 56.3 Splatting 54.3 50% 61.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Geil ZENITH A3-120GBB 120GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^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 100 100 255 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 412 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 99 (A3) Unknown 100 100 6 (A4) Unknown 100 100 37182 (A5) Unknown 100 100 89 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 36 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 18625 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 90061 (F2) Unknown 100 100 73148 (F5) Unknown 100 100 148728	65.7% Good	Read 501 Write 141 Mixed 223 63% 288 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 16.9 118% 49.6 MB/s	DQ Read 25.3 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 16.6 27% 50 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 81%
OCZ Vertex 3 MAX IOPS 240GB-$160 1,284 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 27GB free Firmware: 2.15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 92 92 20633628 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 -45423574113435 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1420 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 11 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 20633628 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 20633628 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 20633628 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 10726 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9284 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9284 (F2) Unknown 0 0 14111	78.2% Very good	Read 486 Write 224 Mixed 308 75% 339 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 12.1 119% 53.2 MB/s	DQ Read 291 DQ Write 221 DQ Mixed 10.1 74% 174 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 91%
WD Blue 2.5" 320GB (2010)-$18 39,749 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 175GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 152 133 1400 (04) Start/Stop count 75 75 25866 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2831 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6381 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 10922 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 26 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 59 59 424755 (C2) HDA temperature 121 102 22 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	42.6% Average	Read 75.3 Write 73.1 Mixed 69.1 54% 72.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 0.66 4K Mixed 0.21 54% 0.44 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 47%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 2400 C9 4x4GB 277 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	87.9% Excellent	MC Read 32.4 MC Write 32.4 MC Mixed 27.1 88% 30.6 GB/s	SC Read 22 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 29.3 72% 25 GB/s	Latency 43.2 93% 43.2 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 113%

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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	2,331x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,201x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	422x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	797x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	345x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	310x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	275x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	203x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 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 $169	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $135
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $369