Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


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 a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	65.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	84.3% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	23.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150424
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 12 '18 at 17:30
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	0%

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 i7-4790-$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 above expectations (68^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	Memory 81 1-Core 110 2-Core 215 76% 135 Pts	4-Core 364 8-Core 531 56% 447 Pts	64-Core 576 36% 576 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Zotac(19DA 2368) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1468 MHz, MLim: 1761 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	65.5% Good	Lighting 83.9 Reflection 85 Parallax 75.5 68% 81.5 fps	MRender 80.2 Gravity 75.2 Splatting 67.3 60% 74.2 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 345GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR010 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^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 100 100 119 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 21 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4 (AE) Unknown 100 100 4 (B4) Unknown 0 0 41 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 59 45 236223201321 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 2268262812 (F7) Unknown 100 100 36469205 (F8) Unknown 100 100 73842922	84.3% Excellent	Read 514 Write 391 Mixed 412 98% 439 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 72.9 4K Mixed 21.8 118% 43 MB/s	DQ Read 35.3 DQ Write 187 DQ Mixed 64.1 63% 95.4 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 125%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 135GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 162 160 6875 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2960 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 19936 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 400 (10) Unknown 14 186 247712241808 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 30 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2929 (C2) HDA temperature 112 105 38 (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	85% Excellent	Read 182 Write 114 Mixed 106 100% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.19 86% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 992050 (997050) 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1866C10 1314 992050 (997050) 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1866C10 32GB 1600, 1333, 1600, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	47.6% Average	MC Read 16.2 MC Write 17.4 MC Mixed 14.8 46% 16.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.5 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 16.3 44% 15.5 GB/s	Latency 78.7 51% 78.7 ns

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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	2,310x
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 $109Bench 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 $295	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 $40	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