Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	34.6% 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	93.7% 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	9GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 9GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 9 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 17 '16 at 00:18
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Memory 86.4 1-Core 113 2-Core 247 82% 149 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 661 69% 552 Pts	64-Core 661 41% 661 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3202) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6175 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	34.6% Below average	Lighting 44.6 Reflection 43.7 Parallax 38.8 36% 42.3 fps	MRender 39.8 Gravity 39.4 Splatting 35.7 31% 38.3 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ssd2sc12 0G1CS1754D117-48 120GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS11 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^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 100 100 314 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 96 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 16 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 31 100 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 3904 (C4) Reallocation count 98 98 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 40 (E7) Temperature 100 100 31 (E9) Unknown 0 0 0 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4 (F1) Unknown 0 0 309 (F2) Unknown 0 0 334	93.7% Outstanding	Read 425 Write 292 Mixed 269 73% 329 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 35.5 156% 63.8 MB/s	DQ Read 263 DQ Write 273 DQ Mixed 66.7 106% 201 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 94%
Hitach HDE721010SLA330 1TB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 318GB free Firmware: ST6O Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 132 132 115 (03) Spinup time 125 125 38685901243 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 683 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 55 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1844 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 417 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 685 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 685 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 210454511652 (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 200 200 0	41.1% Average	Read 78.2 Write 65.2 Mixed 67.5 53% 70.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.84 4K Mixed 0.26 53% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-1600C9-8GXM 1311 NT1GC64BH4B0PF-CG 9GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1600, 1333 MHz 8192, 1024 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	30.5% Below average	MC Read 10.1 MC Write 10.1 MC Mixed 8.9 28% 9.7 GB/s	SC Read 8.7 SC Write 10.1 SC Mixed 9.1 27% 9.3 GB/s	Latency 71 56% 71 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 30.5% Great: 32%

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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	2,319x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,194x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	421x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	794x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	342x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	309x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	273x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	202x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	138x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	252x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	152x
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 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16