Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	105% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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

7 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	4.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140620
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 19 '17 at 07:52
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80% Very good	Memory 94.6 1-Core 102 2-Core 196 77% 131 Pts	4-Core 381 8-Core 367 50% 374 Pts	64-Core 347 22% 347 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3730) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 137 Reflection 149 Parallax 128 111% 138 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 133 Splatting 110 97% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 143GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 22 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 11 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 59 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 403401266	116% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 416 Mixed 417 100% 450 MB/s	4K Read 43.9 4K Write 97.3 4K Mixed 47.3 179% 62.9 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 121 148% 263 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 124%
SanDisk Extreme 120GB-$160 11,787 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 39GB free Firmware: R201 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3563835 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -131640747614603 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3920 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 801 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 28 47 64427589660 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3563835 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3563835 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3563835 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 9178 (EA) Unknown 0 0 8513 (F1) Unknown 0 0 8513 (F2) Unknown 0 0 23326	67.4% Good	Read 477 Write 110 Mixed 182 56% 256 MB/s	4K Read 36 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 17.2 134% 53.6 MB/s	DQ Read 37.2 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 44.5 43% 64.5 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 81%
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2510 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1964 (B1) Unknown 97 97 103 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 53 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 85 85 15151 (EB) Unknown 99 99 162 (F1) Unknown 99 99 12370649418
Poor: 62% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 47,852 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	63.7% Good	MC Read 22.3 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 20.8 63% 22.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 19.2 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 58.1 69% 58.1 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 62%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	2,306x
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	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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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