Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 81.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	55% 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	65.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Apr 08 '18 at 08:10
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Memory 91.6 1-Core 107 2-Core 215 79% 138 Pts	4-Core 415 8-Core 417 56% 416 Pts	64-Core 422 26% 422 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2977) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	55% Above average	Lighting 68.1 Reflection 75.2 Parallax 64.6 56% 69.3 fps	MRender 75 Gravity 64 Splatting 61.3 54% 66.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme Pro 480GB-$199 9,250 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: X21200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 7937 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 962 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 43 (A8) Unknown 100 100 154 (A9) Unknown 100 100 710 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 43 (AE) Unknown 100 100 21 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 43 184684642339 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (D4) Unknown 100 100 1 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 299 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 23383 (F1) Unknown 253 253 10403 (F2) Unknown 253 253 18459 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	65.2% Good	Read 397 Write 316 Mixed 119 61% 277 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 72.3 4K Mixed 15.9 92% 36.7 MB/s	DQ Read 32.3 DQ Write 106 DQ Mixed 15.2 27% 51 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 216GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 33036320 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4759 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 89136831 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 9945 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1073 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 68 60 554696736 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 77 77 47358 (C2) HDA temperature 32 40 34359738400 (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 -66056597008741 (F1) Unknown 100 253 19044947971 (F2) Unknown 100 253 42868427392	63.2% Good	Read 112 Write 108 Mixed 26.4 60% 82.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.15 68% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 68GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 72 63 18462075 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3621 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 38460835 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 5156 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 506 (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 67 54 655360033 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3635 (C2) HDA temperature 33 14 60129542177 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 3 1 18462075 (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 -13937168872793 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11843412696 (F2) Unknown 100 253 20230814722	88.6% Excellent	Read 153 Write 157 Mixed 79.1 96% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.25 79% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 113%
WD My Book 25EE 4TB 13,827 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2.5TB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	63.5% Good	Read 149 Write 154 Mixed 105 172% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.93 4K Write 2.65 4K Mixed 0.29 103% 1.29 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x4GB 5,347 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	60.4% Good	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 19.4 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 18.7 51% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 63%

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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	2,317x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,194x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	794x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	342x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	309x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	273x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	202x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	138x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	251x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	152x
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 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16