Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	54.5% 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	95.5% 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	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

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	4.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150427
Uptime	10.9 Days
Run Date	May 26 '17 at 16:16
Run Duration	199 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Memory 93 1-Core 126 2-Core 241 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 419 8-Core 649 66% 534 Pts	64-Core 653 40% 653 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.4% 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: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	54.5% Above average	Lighting 68.6 Reflection 67.6 Parallax 62.7 56% 66.3 fps	MRender 74.1 Gravity 64.4 Splatting 55.2 52% 64.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 162GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd 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 2306 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1526 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 97 97 105 (AE) Unknown 100 100 186 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 60 171799740449 (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 97 97 3 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 28086060495 (F7) Unknown 100 100 883449037 (F8) Unknown 100 100 875976045	95.5% Outstanding	Read 521 Write 329 Mixed 379 91% 410 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 33 146% 57.4 MB/s	DQ Read 176 DQ Write 295 DQ Mixed 47.7 89% 173 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 186394304 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1589 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 90689522 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7460 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1405 (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 66 57 571736098 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 25 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 73 73 54508 (C2) HDA temperature 34 43 68719476770 (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 106498009074962 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2731021423 (F2) Unknown 100 253 238810922483	97.5% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 152 Mixed 167 127% 169 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.21 77% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 114%
WD My Passport 07A8 1TB 5,659 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 533GB free, PID 07a8 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	36.7% Below average	Read 73.2 Write 97.6 Mixed 78 110% 82.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.19 60% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 46%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 119GB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	17.3% Very poor	Read 35.2 Write 36 Mixed 9.48 32% 26.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.17 54% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 17.3% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C9 2x4GB 3,671 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 2133 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (60^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	59.3% Above average	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 17.2 57% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 22.9 SC Mixed 19.1 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 62.1 64% 62.1 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 81%

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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	2,303x
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	201x
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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $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