Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 89.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	55.2% 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	347% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 03 '17 at 04:09
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Memory 94.8 1-Core 132 2-Core 262 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 451 8-Core 672 70% 561 Pts	64-Core 669 41% 669 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	55.2% Above average	Lighting 69.4 Reflection 71.6 Parallax 64.2 56% 68.4 fps	MRender 75 Gravity 64.6 Splatting 56.9 53% 65.5 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$249 18,356 User benchmarks, average bench 279% 688GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	347% Outstanding	Read 1,957 Write 2,010 Mixed 1,864 435% 1,943 MB/s	4K Read 60.4 4K Write 293 4K Mixed 89 361% 148 MB/s	DQ Read 916 DQ Write 692 DQ Mixed 382 400% 663 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 347% Great: 363%
Ssd2sc96 0G1CS2770D117-51 960GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 274GB free Firmware: CS21 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 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 42 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 260 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 17 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 31 100 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 634 (C4) Reallocation count 98 98 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 216 (E7) Temperature 100 100 31 (E9) Unknown 0 0 0 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2622 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3114	109% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 423 Mixed 455 104% 465 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 38.9 166% 67.1 MB/s	DQ Read 268 DQ Write 259 DQ Mixed 56.1 99% 194 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 109%
Adata SV620H 512GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 138GB free Firmware: 9301 Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	76.8% Very good	Read 425 Write 426 Mixed 423 95% 424 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 71.7 4K Mixed 18.7 107% 40 MB/s	DQ Read 31.3 DQ Write 81.6 DQ Mixed 18.6 25% 43.8 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 82%
WD Blue 750GB (2008)-$72 4,659 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 85GB free Firmware: 30.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 179 7875 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1820 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 18246 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1394 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 237 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1822 (C2) HDA temperature 125 88 27 (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	34.4% Below average	Read 63.6 Write 56 Mixed 65.7 47% 61.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.31 94% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 34.4% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3 1600 2x8GB 2,890 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	62.6% Good	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 19.4 60% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 21 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 57.7 69% 57.7 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 63%

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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	1,186x
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