Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 80%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
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	94.6% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140529
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 11 '18 at 19:52
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	80% Very good	Memory 84.4 1-Core 116 2-Core 228 80% 143 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 447 59% 441 Pts	64-Core 453 28% 453 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.31 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90% Outstanding	Lighting 113 Reflection 120 Parallax 112 92% 115 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 104 Splatting 107 86% 104 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 323GB free Firmware: M0CR040 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^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 60 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 664 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 9 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 56 188979675168 (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 (F6) Unknown 100 100 1692302217 (F7) Unknown 100 100 52979095 (F8) Unknown 100 100 16547316 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1930 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	81.5% Excellent	Read 486 Write 325 Mixed 336 85% 382 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 68.9 4K Mixed 26.1 110% 40.5 MB/s	DQ Read 238 DQ Write 164 DQ Mixed 46.3 76% 149 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 99%
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB-$215 19,372 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 5 0 5 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 17077 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2290 (E8) Unknown 100 100 19556130714 (E9) Unknown 97 0 97	94.6% Outstanding	Read 438 Write 358 Mixed 386 88% 394 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 34.2 148% 59.3 MB/s	DQ Read 241 DQ Write 230 DQ Mixed 115 120% 195 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 104%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC52 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 79092808 (03) Spinup time 95 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6426 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 4391856140 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 17887 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2255 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 69 55 442903101471 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 59 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 24 24 153494 (C2) HDA temperature 31 45 -140737488355297 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 125030792963167 (F1) Unknown 100 253 44605927901 (F2) Unknown 100 253 73234736341	81.8% Excellent	Read 149 Write 137 Mixed 147 109% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.14 4K Mixed 0.15 58% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/4G KHX1866C10D3/4G 1315 BLS4G3D18ADS3J.8FE 1315 BLS4G3D18ADS3J.8FE 16GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 1333, 1333, 1867, 1867 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	72.6% Very good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 24.1 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 23.5 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 72.8 55% 72.8 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 73%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-A - $150

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,313x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,193x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	793x
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	272x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	202x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	138x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	250x
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 i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16