Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


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 brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 84%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	96.6% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	8.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140529
Uptime	4.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 05 '18 at 12:26
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	18%

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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 i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Memory 94.5 1-Core 115 2-Core 230 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 397 8-Core 621 63% 509 Pts	64-Core 570 35% 570 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85A4) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	60.2% Good	Lighting 75.9 Reflection 74.7 Parallax 65.6 62% 72.1 fps	MRender 68.2 Gravity 67.9 Splatting 71.7 57% 69.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 240GB-$139 12,595 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 154GB free Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 120585502714240 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1358 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1358 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1358 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 715905 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 41 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 715905 (F2) Unknown 100 100 517551 (F9) Unknown 100 100 20366	87.2% Excellent	Read 496 Write 252 Mixed 307 78% 352 MB/s	4K Read 36.8 4K Write 99.9 4K Mixed 22.9 138% 53.2 MB/s	DQ Read 282 DQ Write 246 DQ Mixed 86.2 113% 205 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 95%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 114GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2389 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 304 (B1) Unknown 99 99 14 (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 58 56 42 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 7 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7666993460	96.6% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 366 Mixed 385 92% 416 MB/s	4K Read 40.8 4K Write 82.2 4K Mixed 28 141% 50.3 MB/s	DQ Read 339 DQ Write 224 DQ Mixed 101 124% 222 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 124%
Intel 320 Series 120GB-$89 9,651 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 110GB free Firmware: 4PC10362 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 28727 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2057 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1252 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 107 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 181138 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 756786 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 98 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 1723774 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 181138 (F2) Unknown 100 100 187744	45% Average	Read 260 Write 134 Mixed 170 42% 188 MB/s	4K Read 20 4K Write 39.5 4K Mixed 16 72% 25.2 MB/s	DQ Read 151 DQ Write 66.1 DQ Mixed 31.7 44% 83 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 48%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 244GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 129 116 6533 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12215 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 46 46 40040 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2444 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 145 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 38 38 487517 (C2) HDA temperature 105 97 42 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	53.5% Above average	Read 117 Write 69.5 Mixed 90.2 69% 92.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.31 4K Mixed 0.2 69% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 59%

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 MC Write 25.3 MC Mixed 22 68% 23.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 20 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 58.5 68% 58.5 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 72%

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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%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-A - $150

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,304x
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	201x
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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $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