Asus Z97-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	52.5% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	28 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	May 13 '16 at 21:32
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Memory 94.2 1-Core 121 2-Core 243 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 467 8-Core 468 62% 468 Pts	64-Core 471 29% 471 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6510 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	52.5% Above average	Lighting 65.7 Reflection 68.5 Parallax 62 54% 65.4 fps	MRender 73.6 Gravity 61.4 Splatting 54.2 51% 63 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 660GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 100 8469432 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 28 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 8207533 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 240 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 27 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 77 72 420741143 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 49 (C2) HDA temperature 23 40 77309411351 (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 23051089477926 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1754990582 (F2) Unknown 100 253 22887814974	79.5% Very good	Read 126 Write 150 Mixed 123 100% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 5.63 4K Mixed 0.56 192% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 112%
WD Black 2.5" 750GB (2013)-$65 16,938 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 354GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 147 (03) Spinup time 183 173 1808 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1418 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9855 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1359 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 4388 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 80 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 169 169 95232 (C2) HDA temperature 126 100 21 (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 200 190 6609 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (F0) Head flying hours 88 88 9292 (F1) Unknown 200 200 27294367027 (F2) Unknown 200 200 28634116736 (FE) Unknown 200 200 0	61.6% Good	Read 100 Write 114 Mixed 94 77% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.23 83% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 71%
ST500LM0 12 HN-M500MB 500GB 540 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 412GB free, PID 0237 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	43.8% Average	Read 101 Write 105 Mixed 96.2 130% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.32 80% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 12,722 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	72.1% Very good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 23.8 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 21.8 SC Mixed 20.8 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 59.3 68% 59.3 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 80%

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Typical Z97-A Builds (Compare 5,007 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	2,301x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,182x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	419x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	787x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	340x
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	136x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	247x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	150x
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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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