Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	58.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	118% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	3.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140930
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Nov 28 '17 at 20:02
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 0.8 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Memory 88 1-Core 136 2-Core 261 90% 162 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 614 67% 530 Pts	64-Core 656 41% 656 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 3975) CLim: 1591 MHz, MLim: 1927 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	58.4% Above average	Lighting 73.7 Reflection 73.8 Parallax 72.7 60% 73.4 fps	MRender 78.6 Gravity 68.2 Splatting 59.7 55% 68.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 131GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7179 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1326 (B1) Unknown 95 95 100 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 53 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 74 (F1) Unknown 99 99 31996361717	118% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 409 Mixed 417 99% 445 MB/s	4K Read 46.2 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 49.4 191% 68.4 MB/s	DQ Read 360 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 115 142% 253 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 619GB free Firmware: CC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 107731432 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 3047 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 308251300 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12673 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1887 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 4295032853 (BD) vendor-specific 81 81 19 (BE) vendor-specific 69 59 538116127 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 180 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 76 76 48289 (C2) HDA temperature 31 41 31 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -36975373443161 (F1) Unknown 100 253 -126033098943697 (F2) Unknown 100 253 45766679443700	80.4% Excellent	Read 144 Write 136 Mixed 139 105% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.91 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.29 100% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 112%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$64 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 13GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 116 111 7166 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6930 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13545 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4084 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 160 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 134 134 200011 (C2) HDA temperature 114 95 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	54.8% Above average	Read 92.4 Write 98.4 Mixed 83.2 68% 91.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.38 104% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G 99U5471-020.A00LF 8GB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1600, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	25.8% Poor	MC Read 8.2 MC Write 8.6 MC Mixed 7.4 23% 8.07 GB/s	SC Read 6.6 SC Write 7.3 SC Mixed 6.8 20% 6.9 GB/s	Latency 69.5 58% 69.5 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 25.8% Great: 50%

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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	2,313x
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	793x
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	272x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	202x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	138x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	250x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16