Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 25% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	28.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Very high background CPU (61%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 26 '17 at 16:18
Run Duration	121 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	61%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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-$50 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Memory 94.4 1-Core 117 2-Core 235 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 478 8-Core 476 64% 477 Pts	64-Core 484 30% 484 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% EVGA(3842 3769) 2GB CLim: 1280 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	28.8% Poor	Lighting 33.4 Reflection 30.1 Parallax 44.2 27% 35.9 fps	MRender 43.1 Gravity 40.8 Splatting 34.3 32% 39.4 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 28.8% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 123GB free Firmware: M0CR021 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^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 13 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 99 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4 (AE) Unknown 100 100 24 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 62 163209609243 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 2512786483 (F7) Unknown 100 100 78618683 (F8) Unknown 100 100 36668426 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1927 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	76.2% Very good	Read 484 Write 341 Mixed 341 86% 388 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 83 4K Mixed 15.1 106% 42 MB/s	DQ Read 28.4 DQ Write 220 DQ Mixed 44.8 58% 97.9 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 99%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$176 41,439 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 199 40 (03) Spinup time 174 165 6283 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1632 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 52 52 35548 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1591 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 1 7112 (BC) Unknown 100 1 1513495 (BE) vendor-specific 65 59 589365283 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 860 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 771 (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	35.8% Below average	Read 54.7 Write 69.8 Mixed 55.3 45% 59.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.24 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.19 63% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 16GB 149 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	62.6% Good	MC Read 23.7 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 19.8 63% 22.1 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 22.9 SC Mixed 14.7 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 58.9 68% 58.9 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 63%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-A - $150

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,338x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,204x
Core i7-4790Intel $132Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	423x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	800x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	345x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	310x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	275x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	203x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	139x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	252x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	156x
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 i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $388	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $79
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $363