Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	49.9% 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	91.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	10GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 10GB 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.

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Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	6.7 GB free of 10 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140711
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 20 '18 at 18:25
Run Duration	239 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	77.7% Very good	Memory 84.1 1-Core 106 2-Core 176 72% 122 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 417 55% 414 Pts	64-Core 432 27% 432 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 470-$126 94,030 User benchmarks, average bench 40% MSI(1462 3411) CLim: 1242 MHz, MLim: 1650 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.6.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	49.9% Average	Lighting 63.4 Reflection 64.3 Parallax 85.2 52% 71 fps	MRender 62.4 Gravity 57.7 Splatting 52 46% 57.4 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 47%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 178GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3981 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 347 (B1) Unknown 99 99 11 (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 67 57 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 9 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6979472678	91.6% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 404 Mixed 401 97% 436 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 85.4 4K Mixed 38.6 142% 51.7 MB/s	DQ Read 40.5 DQ Write 95.6 DQ Mixed 104 69% 80 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 483GB free Firmware: HP64 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 137588359 (03) Spinup time 100 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2718 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 5 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 599309156 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 21273 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2490 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1057583576 (B7) Unknown 1 1 279 (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 75 57 4715905049 (C2) HDA temperature 25 43 -140737488355303 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 44 27 137588359 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 5 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	56.5% Above average	Read 103 Write 93.7 Mixed 90.9 72% 96 MB/s	4K Read 0.28 4K Write 1.22 4K Mixed 0.23 59% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 68%
Seagate ST3400633AS 400GB-$155 471 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 368GB free Firmware: 3.AAD Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 80 26844633 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6929 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 173620966 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 21058 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2709 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 42 471269404 (C2) HDA temperature 28 58 47244640284 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 76 46 170232227 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	34.1% Below average	Read 58.8 Write 60 Mixed 58.7 45% 59.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 0.91 4K Mixed 0.38 86% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 34.1% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HP655410-150-HYCG Micron 8JTF25664AZ-1G6M1 HP655410-150-HYCG 10GB 70 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	55.1% Above average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 16.9 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 11.4 SC Write 17.6 SC Mixed 12.7 40% 13.9 GB/s	Latency 73.2 55% 73.2 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 46%

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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	2,317x
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	794x
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	273x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	202x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $51Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	138x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	251x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16