Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81% 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	58.6% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). 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 @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 27 '17 at 15:07
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 91.5 1-Core 128 2-Core 244 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 421 8-Core 679 68% 550 Pts	64-Core 681 42% 681 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 1B81) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.28 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81% Excellent	Lighting 99.1 Reflection 102 Parallax 77.7 81% 93.1 fps	MRender 95.5 Gravity 100 Splatting 102 82% 99.2 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung NVMe MZVPV256HDGL-00000 256GB 5,877 User benchmarks, average bench 201% 78GB free Firmware: BXW7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	143% Outstanding	Read 746 Write 607 Mixed 657 149% 670 MB/s	4K Read 47.7 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 47.8 197% 72 MB/s	DQ Read 439 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 30.4 116% 259 MB/s
Poor: 133% ↑ This bench: 143% Great: 247%
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: 605ABBF2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 10074577 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 -29188597735678 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 870 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 126 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 34 45 85902295074 (C2) HDA temperature 34 45 85902295074 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 10074577 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 10074577 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 10074577 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 42949672961 (E9) Unknown 0 0 10539 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3867 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3867 (F2) Unknown 0 0 4676 (F4) Unknown 98 98 4915275	58.6% Above average	Read 422 Write 125 Mixed 158 51% 235 MB/s	4K Read 20.2 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 14.3 102% 45.1 MB/s	DQ Read 65.8 DQ Write 141 DQ Mixed 6.52 32% 71.1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 75%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 35GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 15581 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1697 (B1) Unknown 96 96 44 (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 65 42 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 861 (F1) Unknown 99 99 18712563966	86.3% Excellent	Read 497 Write 340 Mixed 347 87% 395 MB/s	4K Read 43.2 4K Write 74.1 4K Mixed 24.3 136% 47.2 MB/s	DQ Read 44.9 DQ Write 218 DQ Mixed 72.3 73% 112 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 118%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 224GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 157 154 7150 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1883 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16789 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1811 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 181 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 145 145 166622 (C2) HDA temperature 117 104 33 (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	64.4% Good	Read 119 Write 105 Mixed 88.3 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 2.11 4K Mixed 0.2 81% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 23,732 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	58.4% Above average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 18.1 57% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 21.2 SC Mixed 17.9 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 61%

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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	2,301x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,182x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	419x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	787x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	340x
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	136x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	247x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	150x
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 $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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