Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 82.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	30.3% 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	52.5% 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.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140707
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 29 '18 at 18:24
Run Duration	235 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd 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 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Memory 89.4 1-Core 118 2-Core 237 83% 148 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 629 65% 521 Pts	64-Core 630 39% 630 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-$329 50,279 User benchmarks, average bench 45% Asus(1043 8468) 3GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 391.35 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	30.3% Below average	Lighting 35.4 Reflection 28 Parallax 39.1 29% 34.2 fps	MRender 32.6 Gravity 51.6 Splatting 37.5 33% 40.6 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 30.3% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 145GB free (System drive) Firmware: 600ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 22540443 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 121633473836425 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2330 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 256 (B1) Unknown 0 0 96 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 31 51 51542949919 (C2) HDA temperature 31 51 51542949919 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 22540443 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 22540443 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 22540443 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 34943 (EA) Unknown 0 0 24758 (F1) Unknown 0 0 24758 (F2) Unknown 0 0 23104 (F4) Unknown 96 96 196673684	52.5% Above average	Read 460 Write 188 Mixed 237 65% 295 MB/s	4K Read 16.2 4K Write 48.9 4K Mixed 9.64 63% 24.9 MB/s	DQ Read 20 DQ Write 178 DQ Mixed 40.8 49% 79.7 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 85%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$90 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 561GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 65683184 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4813 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 47312537444 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13285 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2326 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65538 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 57 588775457 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 727 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 27333 (C2) HDA temperature 33 43 30064771105 (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 -43246025692054 (F1) Unknown 100 253 68247586043 (F2) Unknown 100 253 35916869211	78.5% Very good	Read 119 Write 153 Mixed 143 104% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 5.45 4K Mixed 0.64 198% 2.24 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 108%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 64GB 7,850 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 29GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	7% Terrible	Read 21.6 Write 5.98 Mixed 9.33 13% 12.3 MB/s	4K Read 3.94 4K Write 0.53 4K Mixed 1.36 79% 1.94 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-809.A00LF 2x8GB 49 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31% Below average	MC Read 10.6 MC Write 10.7 MC Mixed 8.3 28% 9.87 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 9.5 SC Mixed 8.9 26% 9.17 GB/s	Latency 68.1 59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 31% Great: 62%

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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	2,343x
Core i5-4690KIntel $55Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,204x
Core i7-4790Intel $132Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	423x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	802x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	346x
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 $154	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $388	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $90
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $353