Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	82.6% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	7.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140930
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 08 '17 at 06:56
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	32%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Memory 95.7 1-Core 128 2-Core 224 86% 149 Pts	4-Core 407 8-Core 580 62% 493 Pts	64-Core 601 37% 601 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 111 Parallax 95.2 91% 106 fps	MRender 93.2 Gravity 97 Splatting 97.5 79% 95.9 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 750GB-$160 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 427GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR011 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^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 100 100 723 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 210 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 24 (AE) Unknown 100 100 30 (B7) Unknown 100 100 3 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 54 48 223339479086 (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 100 100 3 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 98 98 2 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 19700662306 (F7) Unknown 100 100 615979538 (F8) Unknown 100 100 84860829 (B4) Unknown 0 0 3560 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	82.6% Excellent	Read 476 Write 334 Mixed 339 85% 383 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 71.2 4K Mixed 25.5 108% 40.5 MB/s	DQ Read 294 DQ Write 180 DQ Mixed 46.8 86% 174 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 104%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 75GB free Firmware: 505ABBF1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 4285870 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 83081847386144 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1557 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 44 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 40 63 68723605544 (C2) HDA temperature 40 63 68723605544 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4285870 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4285870 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4285870 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 1298 (EA) Unknown 0 0 708 (F1) Unknown 0 0 708 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3000	70.4% Very good	Read 483 Write 139 Mixed 197 59% 273 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 96.6 4K Mixed 18 121% 48.6 MB/s	DQ Read 195 DQ Write 141 DQ Mixed 36.4 63% 124 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 73%
Crucial M500 480GB-$84 9,168 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 15GB free Firmware: MU05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 253 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3549 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1083 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 90 90 317 (AE) Unknown 100 100 50 (B4) Unknown 0 0 8219 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 62 57 184683593766 (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 100 100 5 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 90 90 10 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 118845298218 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1841506687 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1955051837	95.8% Outstanding	Read 480 Write 419 Mixed 448 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 28.5 127% 51.3 MB/s	DQ Read 296 DQ Write 281 DQ Mixed 57.3 106% 211 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 100%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 416GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 71 (03) Spinup time 126 126 25789464876 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2756 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 12827 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1643 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 4751 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 4751 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 188979609638 (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	96.1% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 154 Mixed 147 120% 161 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.17 74% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C9 2x8GB 3,126 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	36.4% Below average	MC Read 11.3 MC Write 12.6 MC Mixed 10.5 33% 11.5 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 11.2 SC Mixed 11.1 31% 10.8 GB/s	Latency 55 73% 55 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 36.4% Great: 79%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-A - $150

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,306x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,184x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	789x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	341x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	307x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	270x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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