Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 81%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	63.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	69.2% 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 26 '18 at 02:36
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	81% Excellent	Memory 90.7 1-Core 111 2-Core 222 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 385 8-Core 591 60% 488 Pts	64-Core 592 37% 592 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Nvidia(10DE 1C03) ≥ 4GB; Palit GTX 1060 Super Jetstream CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	63.1% Good	Lighting 79.1 Reflection 80.8 Parallax 69.8 64% 76.6 fps	MRender 70.5 Gravity 72.4 Splatting 76.6 60% 73.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow KC400 128GB-$75 747 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM00.Y Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^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 6463 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 793 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 240 (AD) Unknown 100 100 5701787 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 145 (C2) HDA temperature 62 53 201864445990 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 98 (E9) Unknown 100 100 11349 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 9604 (F2) Unknown 100 100 7136 (F4) Unknown 100 100 87 (F5) Unknown 100 100 155 (F6) Unknown 100 100 2991264	69.2% Good	Read 500 Write 318 Mixed 370 88% 396 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 78.2 4K Mixed 8.88 98% 39 MB/s	DQ Read 30.2 DQ Write 76.3 DQ Mixed 10.1 20% 38.9 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 106%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$50 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 534GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 171 4158 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1249 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10723 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1236 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 178 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 151 151 147676 (C2) HDA temperature 110 100 37 (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	70.8% Very good	Read 136 Write 111 Mixed 86.8 83% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.24 89% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 84%
Seagate Expansion 500GB 5,329 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 340GB free Firmware: 0637 Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	19.1% Very poor	Read 36.2 Write 30.4 Mixed 30.5 24% 32.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 0.66 4K Mixed 0.16 44% 0.39 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 19.1% Great: 62%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E680 500GB 66,048 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 269GB free Firmware: GR2OA3E0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 230 230 55834574849 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 333 (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 96 96 2138 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 289 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 18232 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 214749347870 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	48.8% Average	Read 85.2 Write 85 Mixed 82.6 63% 84.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.15 64% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT102464BA160B.C16 0118 4GBH1X04JACC31-165 0118 4GBH1X04JACC31-165 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1600, 1867, 1867 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	57% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 16.7 56% 19.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 18.7 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 58%

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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 $90Bench 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 i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

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