Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 93.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	56.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	142% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	29.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 13 '16 at 19:48
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 132 2-Core 264 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 483 8-Core 698 74% 591 Pts	64-Core 697 43% 697 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2978) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6510 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	56.5% Above average	Lighting 70.4 Reflection 75.6 Parallax 65.4 57% 70.5 fps	MRender 77.7 Gravity 64.8 Splatting 61 55% 67.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 82GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	142% Outstanding	Read 725 Write 609 Mixed 758 156% 698 MB/s	4K Read 41.6 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 48.5 193% 72.8 MB/s	DQ Read 469 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 190 191% 314 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 142% Great: 243%
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 9GB free Firmware: 2.15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 92 92 4709949 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 54150947680320 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3109 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 231 (B1) Unknown 0 0 7 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4709949 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4709949 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4709949 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 14542 (EA) Unknown 0 0 11887 (F1) Unknown 0 0 11887 (F2) Unknown 0 0 26974	69% Good	Read 499 Write 155 Mixed 211 63% 288 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 96.4 4K Mixed 14.5 113% 46.6 MB/s	DQ Read 180 DQ Write 145 DQ Mixed 50.2 68% 125 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 82%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 3TB free Firmware: CC45 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 117 99 165672112 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 362 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 62 60 1810402 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 736 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 186 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 4298440757 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 58 605683748 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3075 (C2) HDA temperature 36 42 85899345956 (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 -127938485812236 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2899026136 (F2) Unknown 100 253 101784400454	94.9% Outstanding	Read 158 Write 171 Mixed 139 117% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 5.39 4K Mixed 0.77 216% 2.29 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 94%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 500GB-$49 47,332 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 159GB free Firmware: 0002DEM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 158295696 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7285 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 97089693 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 8881 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2911 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 46 46 54 (BC) Unknown 100 99 10 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 42 26325024801 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 58 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 58 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 51 51 98837 (C2) HDA temperature 33 58 68719476769 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 117 99 158295696 (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 132345122263909 (F1) Unknown 100 253 130025340 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1236102696 (FE) Unknown 1 1 29	42% Average	Read 69.2 Write 77.4 Mixed 74.7 56% 73.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 0.61 4K Mixed 0.17 50% 0.42 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 2,608 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	MC Read 32.6 MC Write 32.2 MC Mixed 27.3 88% 30.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.8 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 27.7 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 50.7 79% 50.7 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 88%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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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