Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 86.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	100% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	80.5% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140620
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 22 '17 at 18:21
Run Duration	210 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 way above expectations (96^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Memory 96.1 1-Core 131 2-Core 264 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 419 8-Core 687 68% 553 Pts	64-Core 684 42% 684 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3366) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.28 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	100% Outstanding	Lighting 129 Reflection 140 Parallax 120 105% 130 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 122 Splatting 102 90% 111 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk X110 256GB-$100 4,989 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 24GB free Firmware: X231600 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 6156 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 636 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 27 (A8) Unknown 100 100 73 (A9) Unknown 100 100 336 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 25 (AE) Unknown 100 100 29 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 46 197569413154 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 83 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 6726 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3290 (F2) Unknown 253 253 4255 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	88.5% Excellent	Read 388 Write 404 Mixed 387 88% 393 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 22 127% 52.9 MB/s	DQ Read 294 DQ Write 203 DQ Mixed 43.4 88% 180 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 100%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 15230 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 667 (B1) Unknown 92 92 89 (B3) Unknown 100 1 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 67 51 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 54 (F1) Unknown 99 99 25150564858	80.5% Excellent	Read 479 Write 341 Mixed 339 86% 386 MB/s	4K Read 38.2 4K Write 67.3 4K Mixed 19.4 118% 41.6 MB/s	DQ Read 31.4 DQ Write 241 DQ Mixed 56.4 67% 110 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 108%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 533GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 32 (03) Spinup time 133 124 6308 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6422 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 47 47 39181 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6282 (C0) Power-off retract count 193 193 5361 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 341254 (C2) HDA temperature 117 97 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 70 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 66 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 194 189 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 65	50.2% Above average	Read 90 Write 84.9 Mixed 66.8 60% 80.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.26 4K Mixed 0.16 59% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 59%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 247GB free Firmware: CR100-11 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 98 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 7552 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6331 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 46868 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3232 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 706770 (BB) vendor-specific 80 80 9961493 (BC) Unknown 100 100 60 (BE) vendor-specific 73 53 27 (C2) HDA temperature 157 97 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 706770 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 89 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 232	38.7% Below average	Read 66.8 Write 67.7 Mixed 69.5 51% 68 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.21 4K Mixed 0.35 84% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 38.7% Great: 44%
WD Elements 1078 2TB 2,608 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 1.5TB free, PID 1078 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	33.6% Below average	Read 88.8 Write 89.4 Mixed 69.5 105% 82.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 0.36 4K Mixed 0.22 21% 0.36 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 33.6% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMY8GX3M2A1866C9 0215 CMY8GX3M2A1866C9 0215 CMY8GX3M2A1866C9 0215 CMY8GX3M2A1866C9 16GB 124 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 1867, 1333, 1333, 1867 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	67.9% Good	MC Read 23.7 MC Write 25 MC Mixed 21.3 67% 23.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 23 SC Mixed 19.5 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 53.5 75% 53.5 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 73%

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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 $134	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