Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 90%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	56.7% 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	210% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 05 '18 at 03:51
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	ISR-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90% Excellent	Memory 97 1-Core 141 2-Core 258 94% 165 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 743 73% 595 Pts	64-Core 754 47% 754 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Asus(1043 0466) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1008 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.12.2 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	56.7% Above average	Lighting 70.9 Reflection 60.1 Parallax 84.2 58% 71.7 fps	MRender 60 Gravity 59.3 Splatting 76.1 54% 65.2 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 500GB 13,939 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 100GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	210% Outstanding	Read 1,006 Write 989 Mixed 1,002 223% 999 MB/s	4K Read 48 4K Write 298 4K Mixed 55.6 302% 134 MB/s	DQ Read 398 DQ Write 494 DQ Mixed 166 203% 353 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 210% Great: 313%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 403GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 63 180812920 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2150 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 130291784 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3023 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1905 (B7) Unknown 79 79 21 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 377962897012 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 65 56 605093923 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2218 (C2) HDA temperature 35 14 60129542179 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 7 1 180812920 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 138 10226 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 22501333666598 (F1) Unknown 100 253 16625889085 (F2) Unknown 100 253 50438682595	75.6% Very good	Read 135 Write 129 Mixed 116 95% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.28 82% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 112%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 40GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 17 (03) Spinup time 174 170 2266 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12762 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 17696 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 90 90 10528 (C0) Power-off retract count 189 189 8983 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3827 (C2) HDA temperature 109 93 34 (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 1 65555 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	59.4% Above average	Read 104 Write 102 Mixed 92.5 75% 99.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.18 4K Write 2.73 4K Mixed 0.29 132% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1866 CL9 Series 2x4GB 1,143 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40.3% Average	MC Read 13.3 MC Write 13 MC Mixed 11 36% 12.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 13.4 38% 13.3 GB/s	Latency 50.2 80% 50.2 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 70%

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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	2,304x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,184x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	789x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	341x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	307x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	270x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	201x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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