Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (93rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 7 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 89%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	74.3% 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 8 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 27 '16 at 20:14
Run Duration	117 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing way above expectations (93^rd 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 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Memory 93.1 1-Core 128 2-Core 259 89% 160 Pts	4-Core 459 8-Core 650 70% 554 Pts	64-Core 591 37% 591 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AB) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 372.90 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61.1% Good	Lighting 77.3 Reflection 78.2 Parallax 74.5 63% 76.7 fps	MRender 72.1 Gravity 69.3 Splatting 69.3 57% 70.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston RBU-SC100S37128GD 128GB 1,846 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: S8FM06.9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (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 5379 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 621 (A8) Unknown 100 100 4 (AA) Unknown 99 99 4294967600 (AD) Unknown 100 100 9109691 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 1121 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 62 (C2) HDA temperature 24 24 24 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (DA) Unknown 100 100 2 (E9) Unknown 100 100 10872 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 8073 (F2) Unknown 100 100 3287 (F4) Unknown 100 100 139 (F5) Unknown 100 100 187 (F6) Unknown 100 100 5186932	74.3% Very good	Read 489 Write 339 Mixed 398 91% 409 MB/s	4K Read 20 4K Write 94.3 4K Mixed 9.62 93% 41.3 MB/s	DQ Read 142 DQ Write 213 DQ Mixed 26.7 62% 127 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 79%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2TB free Firmware: MX4OABS0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 72 (03) Spinup time 135 135 21492203814 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 718 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5403 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 609 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2188 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2188 (C2) HDA temperature 222 222 214749282331 (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	107% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 186 Mixed 170 136% 181 MB/s	4K Read 1.09 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.19 101% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5403-160.A00LF Samsung M378B1G73DB0-CK0 16GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	60.3% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 21.4 MC Mixed 17.4 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 21 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 61.8 65% 61.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 61%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-A - $150

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,317x
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