Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	80.1% 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	103% 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	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.

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Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 08 '17 at 16:16
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$127 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	Memory 93.3 1-Core 98.3 2-Core 195 75% 129 Pts	4-Core 296 8-Core 348 42% 322 Pts	64-Core 359 22% 359 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8598) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.1% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 105 Parallax 91.9 82% 99.3 fps	MRender 92.6 Gravity 92.5 Splatting 93.5 76% 92.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 109GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 15615 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 46 (B1) Unknown 97 97 140 (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 66 52 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 12 (F1) Unknown 99 99 23675849931	103% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 452 Mixed 476 108% 482 MB/s	4K Read 34.1 4K Write 94.6 4K Mixed 27.8 137% 52.2 MB/s	DQ Read 337 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 155 161% 264 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 71GB free Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5155 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 96 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (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 70 56 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 82 (EB) Unknown 99 99 16 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1024715251	115% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 484 Mixed 504 112% 501 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 43.4 165% 61.5 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 317 DQ Mixed 162 168% 276 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 124%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 679GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 113 (03) Spinup time 173 172 6316 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 728 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 21134 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 724 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 250 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 119 119 244554 (C2) HDA temperature 119 99 31 (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	50.9% Above average	Read 105 Write 72.9 Mixed 106 72% 94.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 0.29 4K Mixed 0.21 45% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 84%
WD WD40EZRX-00SPEB0 6TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 531GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 198 197 9091 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 90 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5810 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 90 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 18 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 701 (C2) HDA temperature 122 103 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	94% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 134 Mixed 144 118% 157 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 2.31 4K Mixed 0.21 89% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 94%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 169GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 179 7908 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 245 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 15384 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 245 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 51 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 130 130 211759 (C2) HDA temperature 120 97 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	58.3% Above average	Read 125 Write 78.2 Mixed 148 89% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.15 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.26 63% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	67.7% Good	MC Read 24.1 MC Write 25.6 MC Mixed 22.5 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 19.1 51% 18 GB/s	Latency 61.5 65% 61.5 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 72%

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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	2,310x
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 $295	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