Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 79%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	33.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	49.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	3.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150212
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 12 '17 at 12:18
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing as expected (49^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	79% Very good	Memory 94.1 1-Core 108 2-Core 219 81% 140 Pts	4-Core 346 8-Core 519 54% 433 Pts	64-Core 524 32% 524 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3202) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing below potential (65^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	33.4% Below average	Lighting 44.2 Reflection 40.9 Parallax 36.9 36% 40.7 fps	MRender 32.5 Gravity 38 Splatting 33.2 28% 34.5 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33.4% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ ARC 100 120GB-$82 4,735 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 108GB free Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1360 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 22 (AB) Unknown 100 100 45003856 (AE) Unknown 100 100 6 (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 10 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E9) Unknown 89 89 89 (F1) Unknown 100 100 745 (F2) Unknown 100 100 577 (F9) Unknown 100 100 26503303	93.7% Outstanding	Read 454 Write 367 Mixed 407 91% 409 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 24.3 133% 54.6 MB/s	DQ Read 292 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 68.7 120% 234 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 98%
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT08B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12593 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 803 (B1) Unknown 81 81 230 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 54 48 46 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 61 (F1) Unknown 99 99 36223316609	49.6% Average	Read 363 Write 49.1 Mixed 58.6 33% 157 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 54 4K Mixed 10 85% 30.9 MB/s	DQ Read 312 DQ Write 46.4 DQ Mixed 24.6 58% 128 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 73%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 440GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 188 172 1575 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 597 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 12075 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 164 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 29 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 599 (C2) HDA temperature 98 91 45 (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	57.1% Above average	Read 97.2 Write 102 Mixed 115 79% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 2.15 4K Mixed 0.23 80% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 18,444 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	65% Good	MC Read 23.4 MC Write 24.6 MC Mixed 20.9 66% 23 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 19 SC Mixed 19.4 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 59.4 67% 59.4 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 71%

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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	2,304x
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