Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	56.9% 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	105% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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	18.5 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit väriä
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	May 14 '17 at 22:19
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Memory 94.4 1-Core 137 2-Core 266 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 459 8-Core 694 72% 577 Pts	64-Core 701 43% 701 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1987 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	56.9% Above average	Lighting 71.5 Reflection 73 Parallax 65.3 58% 69.9 fps	MRender 76.1 Gravity 67.7 Splatting 58.4 54% 67.4 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme Pro 240GB-$79 10,862 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: X21100RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 7313 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 265 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 52 (A8) Unknown 100 100 394 (A9) Unknown 100 100 935 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 179 (AE) Unknown 100 100 109 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 58 46 197569871914 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1376 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 46638 (F1) Unknown 253 253 17504 (F2) Unknown 253 253 6211 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	105% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 392 Mixed 422 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 30.3 157% 62.8 MB/s	DQ Read 350 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 62.6 116% 233 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 155GB free Firmware: JC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 221912952 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6912 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 61 60 137489137008 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 20363 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3372 (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 69 53 706347039 (C2) HDA temperature 31 47 77309411359 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 38 24 221912952 (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 52548924885230 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4120681217 (F2) Unknown 100 253 743176912	43.8% Average	Read 78 Write 74.9 Mixed 74.5 57% 75.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.12 4K Mixed 0.27 65% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 68%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 84GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 174 2208 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11275 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 17104 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 260 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 109 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 11168 (C2) HDA temperature 107 98 36 (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	69.4% Good	Read 127 Write 114 Mixed 114 89% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 2.14 4K Mixed 0.27 101% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 109%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 64GB-$12 26,708 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 43GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	37.6% Below average	Read 109 Write 68.4 Mixed 29.7 76% 68.9 MB/s	4K Read 14.2 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 1.06 129% 5.48 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 37.6% Great: 30%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5273DH0-CH9 M378B5273DH0-CH9 Kingston 9905403-892.A00LF Kingston 9905403-892.A00LF 24GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	65.1% Good	MC Read 23.3 MC Write 22.7 MC Mixed 20.9 64% 22.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 21.6 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 58.8 68% 58.8 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 65%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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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 $94Bench 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 $300	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 $45	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