Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 89.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	75.7% 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	55% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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	13.4 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150212
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 30 '17 at 15:30
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (47^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)	89.5% Excellent	Memory 92.2 1-Core 120 2-Core 245 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 470 8-Core 659 71% 565 Pts	64-Core 664 41% 664 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3230) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.7% Very good	Lighting 98 Reflection 101 Parallax 103 80% 101 fps	MRender 86.6 Gravity 89.2 Splatting 74.7 67% 83.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ VERTEX3 60GB 3,574 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 105 10839868 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 130446746729529 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2609 (AB) Unknown 0 0 1 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 1112 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 1 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 10839868 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 10839868 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 10839868 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 13611 (EA) Unknown 0 0 11850 (F1) Unknown 0 0 11850 (F2) Unknown 0 0 12620	55% Above average	Read 435 Write 74.7 Mixed 125 46% 212 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 77.5 4K Mixed 17.1 100% 39.7 MB/s	DQ Read 95.4 DQ Write 74.1 DQ Mixed 26.4 36% 65.3 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 971GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 36923872 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 500 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 7311124 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2226 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 492 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 1 21475308418 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 51 521273374 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 16438 (C2) HDA temperature 30 49 55834574878 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 1 13347 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -27659589384661 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4345083198 (F2) Unknown 100 253 13609832225	87.7% Excellent	Read 162 Write 144 Mixed 96.2 100% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.18 4K Write 1.09 4K Mixed 0.16 45% 0.48 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 114%
Hitachi HDT725040VLA360 400GB 1,414 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 231GB free Firmware: V5COA73A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 101 101 42983358939 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5776 (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 96 96 30048 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 5221 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 6899 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 6899 (C2) HDA temperature 162 162 240518955045 (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 200 253 1658	30.5% Below average	Read 54.3 Write 51.7 Mixed 22.1 31% 42.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.28 83% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 30.5% Great: 37%
Seagate ST1500DM003-9YN16G 1.5TB 5,186 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 28GB free Firmware: CC24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 74522856 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2666 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 38008475 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11469 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2870 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 6 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 55 4782686234 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 489 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 64 64 73236 (C2) HDA temperature 26 45 -140737488355302 (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 90499255901773 (F1) Unknown 100 253 16840965047 (F2) Unknown 100 253 24130756814	56.1% Above average	Read 95.8 Write 100 Mixed 89.6 72% 95.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.86 4K Mixed 0.24 68% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600 CL9 Series 1302 1600 CL9 Series 1302 1600 CL9 Series 1302 1600 CL9 Series 24GB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	59.7% Above average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 18.5 58% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 19.2 53% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 63.7 63% 63.7 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 63%

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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	2,301x
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