Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.79% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	85.3% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	3.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140620
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 10 '18 at 23:07
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	COL-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$132 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	73.3% Very good	Memory 84.8 1-Core 101 2-Core 201 74% 129 Pts	4-Core 334 8-Core 517 52% 425 Pts	64-Core 498 31% 498 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	3.79% Terrible	Lighting 4.07 Reflection 7.19 Parallax 6.62 3% 5.96 fps	MRender 6.57 Gravity 2.43 Splatting 7.65 5% 5.55 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.79% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 16642 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2168 (B1) Unknown 71 71 351 (B3) Unknown 100 1 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 60 51 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 996 (F1) Unknown 99 99 57865232837	85.3% Excellent	Read 493 Write 348 Mixed 336 87% 392 MB/s	4K Read 42.6 4K Write 70.7 4K Mixed 23.8 132% 45.7 MB/s	DQ Read 42.5 DQ Write 205 DQ Mixed 19.8 46% 89.1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 108%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$72 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 33GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2 (03) Spinup time 109 105 7533 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4633 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 19007 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2847 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 969 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 732621 (C2) HDA temperature 108 95 39 (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 0	29.6% Poor	Read 55 Write 48 Mixed 50.2 38% 51.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.21 4K Mixed 0.27 68% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 29.6% Great: 57%
WDC WD25 00BEVT-22ZCT0 250GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 129GB free, PID 2329 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	20% Poor	Read 37.1 Write 40.8 Mixed 17 39% 31.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.29 74% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 20% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 73,650 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	45.1% Average	MC Read 16.7 MC Write 16.6 MC Mixed 12.9 44% 15.4 GB/s	SC Read 11.3 SC Write 14.9 SC Mixed 13.2 38% 13.1 GB/s	Latency 72.1 56% 72.1 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 62%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical Z97-A Builds (Compare 5,085 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	2,338x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,204x
Core i7-4790Intel $132Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	423x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	800x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	345x
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

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