Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 84.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	72.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	100% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	20.1 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 19 '18 at 03:22
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Memory 92.6 1-Core 117 2-Core 234 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 411 8-Core 611 64% 511 Pts	64-Core 621 38% 621 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 1B81) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.31 Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	72.9% Very good	Lighting 83.6 Reflection 87.9 Parallax 71.3 68% 80.9 fps	MRender 93.3 Gravity 102 Splatting 103 82% 99.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Zotac Premium Edition 240GB-$75 1,185 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 85GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM01.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 9644 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1952 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1445 (AA) Unknown 100 100 464 (AD) Unknown 100 100 11141358 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 660 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850919454 (DA) Unknown 100 100 1410 (E7) Temperature 100 100 95 (F1) Unknown 100 100 28516	100% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 506 Mixed 474 110% 489 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 15.8 123% 50.1 MB/s	DQ Read 324 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 14.6 98% 226 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 109%
SanDisk Ultra Plus 128GB-$75 16,709 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 29GB free Firmware: X2316RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 13457 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2785 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 19 (A8) Unknown 100 100 249 (A9) Unknown 100 100 155 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 140 (AE) Unknown 100 100 682 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 46 197569216546 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1090 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 18295 (F1) Unknown 253 253 7486 (F2) Unknown 253 253 10860 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	78.6% Very good	Read 396 Write 247 Mixed 315 71% 319 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 98.8 4K Mixed 22.7 130% 51.2 MB/s	DQ Read 233 DQ Write 197 DQ Mixed 16.1 66% 149 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 91%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 341GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 229159679 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4721 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 99528722 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 10555 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2220 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 89 89 11 (BE) vendor-specific 67 47 572588065 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 347 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 29844 (C2) HDA temperature 33 53 85899345953 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -2946347554359 (F1) Unknown 100 253 39799773441 (F2) Unknown 100 253 742641822228	75.7% Very good	Read 110 Write 153 Mixed 131 99% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 5.31 4K Mixed 0.58 191% 2.19 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G 1302 PSD38G16002 KHX1600C10D3/8G 24GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	56.9% Above average	MC Read 19.8 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 16.8 55% 19.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 21.2 SC Mixed 19.7 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 63 64% 63 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 57%

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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	2,310x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,185x
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 $300	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