Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 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 an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 90.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	91.3% 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	256% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 01 '18 at 21:58
Run Duration	922 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing way above expectations (89^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Memory 97.7 1-Core 135 2-Core 268 94% 167 Pts	4-Core 444 8-Core 713 71% 579 Pts	64-Core 719 44% 719 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 120 Parallax 112 95% 116 fps	MRender 99.6 Gravity 104 Splatting 106 85% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 147GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	256% Outstanding	Read 2,633 Write 1,148 Mixed 1,315 372% 1,699 MB/s	4K Read 60.1 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 44.3 215% 77.1 MB/s	DQ Read 524 DQ Write 239 DQ Mixed 145 170% 303 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 256% Great: 236%
WD Black 4TB (2016)-$174 9,888 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 5.5TB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 108 (03) Spinup time 137 137 38686228962 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 213 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 756 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 209 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 214 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 214 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 150325035042 (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 200 200 0	118% Outstanding	Read 209 Write 202 Mixed 189 150% 200 MB/s	4K Read 0.95 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 0.59 167% 1.62 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 113%
Toshiba E300 2TB-$69 2,046 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 5.5TB free Firmware: MZ4OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 144 144 82 (03) Spinup time 143 143 21488861459 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 10 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 25 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 10 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 20 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 20 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 133145362463 (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 200 200 0	115% Outstanding	Read 213 Write 187 Mixed 164 141% 188 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 4.31 4K Mixed 0.58 174% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 86%
Seagate Expansion 2TB 49,966 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 566GB free Firmware: 9300 Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	52.6% Above average	Read 76.5 Write 106 Mixed 66.4 62% 82.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.02 4K Write 3.72 4K Mixed 0.22 136% 1.66 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 67%
SanDisk Cruzer Force 8GB 1,838 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 7GB free, PID 557d Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	12.2% Very poor	Read 35.5 Write 4.3 Mixed 6.16 13% 15.3 MB/s	4K Read 4.09 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 1.15 111% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 12.2% Great: 13%
USB Flash Disk 4GB 2,580 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 4GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	4.85% Terrible	Read 15.9 Write 2.22 Mixed 3.86 7% 7.32 MB/s	4K Read 8.39 4K Write 0.03 4K Mixed 0.03 33% 2.81 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.85% Great: 9%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 1GB 207 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 1GB free, PID 1a00 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	4.78% Terrible	Read 12.4 Write 5.83 Mixed 6.71 10% 8.32 MB/s	4K Read 7.02 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.02 27% 2.35 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.78% Great: 5%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 20,216 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	MC Read 31.2 MC Write 32.3 MC Mixed 27 86% 30.2 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 25 SC Mixed 26.5 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 47.5 84% 47.5 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 86%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-A - $150

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,310x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,185x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	791x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	342x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	307x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	271x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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 $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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