Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 82.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	55.9% 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	88.8% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150424
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 08 '17 at 23:00
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Memory 84.4 1-Core 127 2-Core 230 83% 147 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 652 67% 541 Pts	64-Core 659 41% 659 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Zotac(19DA 3438) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2256 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing below potential (59^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	55.9% Above average	Lighting 69.6 Reflection 72.1 Parallax 62.3 57% 68 fps	MRender 70.9 Gravity 64.2 Splatting 64.9 54% 66.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB-$139 17,545 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 96GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2306RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 13070 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1945 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 31 (A8) Unknown 100 100 421 (A9) Unknown 100 100 264 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 295 (AE) Unknown 100 100 155 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 55 236224380962 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2387 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 77121 (F1) Unknown 253 253 39734 (F2) Unknown 253 253 39645 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	88.8% Excellent	Read 418 Write 368 Mixed 391 88% 392 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 96.2 4K Mixed 23.3 129% 50.4 MB/s	DQ Read 319 DQ Write 210 DQ Mixed 49.7 95% 193 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 372GB free Firmware: CC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 117484280 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5495 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 300734320 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 16787 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2632 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 17180524556 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 416 (BE) vendor-specific 69 54 521666591 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 190 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 64 64 73310 (C2) HDA temperature 31 46 55834574879 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 104075647526893 (F1) Unknown 100 253 52287225195221 (F2) Unknown 100 253 77792400205848	90% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 142 Mixed 147 116% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.37 93% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 112%
WD Blue 2.5" 250GB (2009)-$30 16,754 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 196GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 41 (03) Spinup time 131 129 2450 (04) Start/Stop count 51 51 49860 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9720 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4146 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 22696 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 641 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 624710 (C2) HDA temperature 112 90 31 (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 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	36.2% Below average	Read 63.9 Write 62 Mixed 59.6 46% 61.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.27 76% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 36.2% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 28,461 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	55.7% Above average	MC Read 20 MC Write 20.6 MC Mixed 16.1 54% 18.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 23.1 SC Mixed 17.8 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 72.8 55% 72.8 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 76%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-A - $150

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,301x
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 $132	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