Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	64.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	44.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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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Run History

6 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140620
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Feb 03 '18 at 22:19
Run Duration	203 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	24%

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PC Performing above expectations (60^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Memory 90.7 1-Core 126 2-Core 234 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 408 8-Core 656 65% 532 Pts	64-Core 620 38% 620 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.2% 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 8592) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	64.7% Good	Lighting 71.8 Reflection 92.7 Parallax 91.8 58% 85.4 fps	MRender 99.2 Gravity 91.2 Splatting 91.7 77% 94 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$43 14,860 User benchmarks, average bench 151% 55GB free Firmware: E7FM02.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	139% Outstanding	Read 762 Write 702 Mixed 745 164% 736 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 96.4 4K Mixed 41.4 152% 56.6 MB/s	DQ Read 465 DQ Write 368 DQ Mixed 130 175% 321 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 139% Great: 210%
Intel 320 Series 120GB-$89 9,651 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 24GB free (System drive) 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 16872 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3619 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1044 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 467 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1586 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 943661 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 65535 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 94 94 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 943661 (F2) Unknown 100 100 649905	44.8% Average	Read 255 Write 131 Mixed 161 40% 182 MB/s	4K Read 20 4K Write 39.6 4K Mixed 16.7 73% 25.4 MB/s	DQ Read 148 DQ Write 60.8 DQ Mixed 32.3 43% 80.3 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 48%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 629GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 6 (03) Spinup time 253 162 1316 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11208 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 27572 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3861 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 286 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 107 107 279318 (C2) HDA temperature 118 103 32 (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 58	38.5% Below average	Read 68.4 Write 65.6 Mixed 80.3 54% 71.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.2 62% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 38.5% Great: 67%
Seagate FreeAgent 1TB 1,657 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 405GB free, PID 3008 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	16.6% Very poor	Read 23.1 Write 42.2 Mixed 14.6 36% 26.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.29 55% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 16.6% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 20,728 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	56% Above average	MC Read 19 MC Write 21.4 MC Mixed 17.4 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 17.4 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 62%

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

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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	2,306x
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