Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 86.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	22.5% 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	83.4% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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 (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	0.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140620
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 19 '17 at 07:35
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (52^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 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Memory 89.5 1-Core 120 2-Core 244 85% 151 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 644 69% 547 Pts	64-Core 641 40% 641 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 370-$153 39,178 User benchmarks, average bench 21% Gigabyte(1458 2015) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.662.4 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	22.5% Poor	Lighting 27.1 Reflection 30.4 Parallax 32.6 22% 30.1 fps	MRender 26.5 Gravity 23 Splatting 33.8 23% 27.8 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 22.5% Great: 23%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme II 240GB-$110 3,009 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 3GB free (System drive) Firmware: R1311 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 17469 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1203 (A6) Unknown 100 100 290 (A7) Unknown 100 100 22 (A8) Unknown 100 100 530 (A9) Unknown 100 100 336 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 397 (AE) Unknown 100 100 55 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 42 180389609508 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 3351 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 101967 (F1) Unknown 253 253 28614 (F2) Unknown 253 253 4494 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	83.4% Excellent	Read 454 Write 257 Mixed 239 70% 317 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 22.8 130% 52.7 MB/s	DQ Read 305 DQ Write 207 DQ Mixed 59.3 97% 191 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 109%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 14GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 68 (03) Spinup time 130 130 34388574647 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 5632 (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 98 98 18324 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1159 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 5658 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 5658 (C2) HDA temperature 146 146 214749282345 (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	60.8% Good	Read 107 Write 105 Mixed 6.76 52% 72.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.14 77% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 107%
S3U3 SSD 512GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 139% 342GB free, PID 2012 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	293% Outstanding	Read 296 Write 299 Mixed 131 296% 242 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 58.5 4K Mixed 14.1 2,556% 32 MB/s	DQ Read 27.8 DQ Write 66 DQ Mixed 14.2 2,834% 36 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 293% Great: 293%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 24,592 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2400 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	50.8% Above average	MC Read 18 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 15.8 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 15.2 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 88%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-A - $150

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,301x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,182x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	419x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	787x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	340x
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	201x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	136x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	247x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	150x
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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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