Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 77.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	85.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	108% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	1.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	4.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 22 '17 at 06:58
Run Duration	197 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4570-$62 129,272 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Memory 86.6 1-Core 104 2-Core 211 76% 134 Pts	4-Core 397 8-Core 394 53% 395 Pts	64-Core 391 24% 391 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 72%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	4.03% Terrible	Lighting 4 Reflection 6.65 Parallax 6.94 3% 5.86 fps	MRender 9.71 Gravity 2.37 Splatting 7.96 6% 6.68 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.03% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8598) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 115 Parallax 98 87% 107 fps	MRender 99.2 Gravity 98.6 Splatting 102 82% 99.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 460A 240GB-$177 1,086 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 139GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7587 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 527 (AB) Unknown 100 100 81345360 (AE) Unknown 100 100 104 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 131 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 96 96 96 (F1) Unknown 100 100 10394 (F2) Unknown 100 100 11703 (F9) Unknown 100 100 602314260	108% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 494 Mixed 488 111% 497 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 27.5 143% 60 MB/s	DQ Read 336 DQ Write 352 DQ Mixed 74.5 130% 254 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 108%
OCZ Vertex 460A 240GB-$177 1,086 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 61GB free Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 10746 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 756 (AB) Unknown 100 100 81050448 (AE) Unknown 100 100 140 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 80 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 98 98 98 (F1) Unknown 100 100 5750 (F2) Unknown 100 100 7998 (F9) Unknown 100 100 370396034	103% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 452 Mixed 481 107% 481 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 29.2 137% 55.9 MB/s	DQ Read 330 DQ Write 302 DQ Mixed 67.6 119% 233 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 108%
Seagate ST32000542AS 2TB-$100 19,960 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 870GB free Firmware: CC34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 99 22696636 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9536 (05) Reallocated sector count 96 96 196 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 17375089198 (09) Power-on hours count 58 58 37068 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 37 1170 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 12885098529 (BD) vendor-specific 73 73 27 (BE) vendor-specific 74 53 470876186 (C2) HDA temperature 26 47 55834574874 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 46 24 22696636 (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 8319351691370 (F1) Unknown 100 253 976214976 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4181881441	47.9% Average	Read 85.8 Write 80.9 Mixed 77 61% 81.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.49 107% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 73,650 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	59.7% Above average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 19.3 60% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 18.5 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 70.8 56% 70.8 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 62%

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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