Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 117% UFO	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 98% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 98.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	118% 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	186% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	May 23 '18 at 01:18
Run Duration	107 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^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, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.2% Outstanding	Memory 97.9 1-Core 140 2-Core 281 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 533 8-Core 747 80% 640 Pts	64-Core 736 46% 736 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 2138 MHz, MLim: 2737 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Lighting 160 Reflection 166 Parallax 156 130% 161 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 150 Splatting 119 107% 132 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor PX-1TM8PeY 1TB 190 User benchmarks, average bench 194% 363GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.06 Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	186% Outstanding	Read 1,821 Write 1,236 Mixed 1,345 325% 1,467 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 71.9 4K Mixed 29.9 115% 42.5 MB/s	DQ Read 29.4 DQ Write 76.2 DQ Mixed 21.2 25% 42.3 MB/s
Poor: 102% ↑ This bench: 186% Great: 243%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 581GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 74 63 27102704 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2496 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 41424545 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4063 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1529 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 63 555221025 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2505 (C2) HDA temperature 33 13 55834574881 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 5 1 27102704 (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 89653147340414 (F1) Unknown 100 253 15655212044 (F2) Unknown 100 253 23016203079	84.1% Excellent	Read 170 Write 123 Mixed 124 104% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.25 72% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	MC Read 31.8 MC Write 32.3 MC Mixed 27.4 87% 30.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 25.3 SC Mixed 25.6 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 46.5 86% 46.5 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 85%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	2,306x
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 $133	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