Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 83.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	33.8% 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	106% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140930
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 07 '16 at 12:21
Run Duration	1128 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 111 2-Core 222 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 437 8-Core 436 58% 437 Pts	64-Core 440 27% 440 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3201) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6175 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	33.8% Below average	Lighting 43.7 Reflection 42.6 Parallax 37.4 36% 41.3 fps	MRender 39.6 Gravity 38 Splatting 34 30% 37.2 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33.8% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 406GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 636 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 120 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (B3) Unknown 100 100 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 74 62 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 5 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2420589784	106% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 394 Mixed 202 81% 365 MB/s	4K Read 43.6 4K Write 95.7 4K Mixed 39.9 168% 59.7 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 231 DQ Mixed 114 124% 208 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 134%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 167 6191 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 300 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2801 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 218 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 186 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 189 189 33593 (C2) HDA temperature 129 103 21 (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	65.4% Good	Read 113 Write 114 Mixed 6.3 56% 78 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.21 90% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 67%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 791GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 171 5916 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 304 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5444 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 218 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 188 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 183 183 53050 (C2) HDA temperature 129 102 21 (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 2	55.9% Above average	Read 108 Write 86.8 Mixed 4.65 48% 66.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.2 71% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 67%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 790GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 181 181 3908 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 52 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 51 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 49 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2 (C2) HDA temperature 117 100 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	83% Excellent	Read 156 Write 133 Mixed 48.1 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 2.54 4K Mixed 0.51 138% 1.29 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 76%
Seagate Momentus Thin 5400.9 2.5" 500GB-$30 168,449 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 365GB free Firmware: 0001SDM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 157553528 (03) Spinup time 100 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1827 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 8594115972 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 124618476100386 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 563 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 51540393997 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 48 437649433 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 13 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 29 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 15304 (C2) HDA temperature 25 52 64424509465 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 137370233995613 (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 100 100 137370233995613 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2220109670 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1175924498 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	51.4% Above average	Read 88 Write 91.3 Mixed 26.9 50% 68.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 0.86 4K Mixed 0.19 58% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 61%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 6GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 65 187736078 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 135 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 552978 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 399 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 107 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 68 403832856 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 143 (C2) HDA temperature 24 15 64424509464 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 3 2 187736078 (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 -89451283873564 (F1) Unknown 100 253 924820354 (F2) Unknown 100 253 97544530	87.3% Excellent	Read 187 Write 118 Mixed 77.8 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.25 4K Write 0.87 4K Mixed 0.12 40% 0.41 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 112%
Generic Flash Disk 537GB 90 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 499GB free, PID 7777 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	2.79% Terrible	Read 15.2 Write 2.54 Mixed 2.7 6% 6.83 MB/s	4K Read 0.06 4K Write 0.003 4K Mixed 0.003 0% 0.02 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.79% Great: 9%
INTEL SS DSC2CT240A4 240GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 78GB free, PID 2773 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	68.9% Good	Read 40.7 Write 41.6 Mixed 40.9 53% 41 MB/s	4K Read 12.1 4K Write 16.6 4K Mixed 7.61 869% 12.1 MB/s	DQ Read 12.5 DQ Write 19.6 DQ Mixed 6.81 945% 13 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 127%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 32GB 683 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 30GB free, PID 0736 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	9.29% Terrible	Read 18.2 Write 11.3 Mixed 13 17% 14.2 MB/s	4K Read 4.66 4K Write 1.01 4K Mixed 0.81 79% 2.16 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 9.29% Great: 19%
SAMSUNG MZ7PA128HMCD-010 128GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 24GB free, PID 2773 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	67.8% Good	Read 41.1 Write 42 Mixed 40.6 53% 41.2 MB/s	4K Read 8.03 4K Write 16.5 4K Mixed 6.5 813% 10.4 MB/s	DQ Read 9.49 DQ Write 18.1 DQ Mixed 6.43 869% 11.3 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 68%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 16GB-$7 60,636 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 9GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	9.35% Terrible	Read 39 Write 8.1 Mixed 9.97 18% 19 MB/s	4K Read 6.96 4K Write 0.09 4K Mixed 0.06 31% 2.37 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 9.35% Great: 23%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 8GB-$7 16,591 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 7GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	7.65% Terrible	Read 39 Write 4.54 Mixed 5.73 14% 16.4 MB/s	4K Read 4.24 4K Write 0.002 4K Mixed 0.003 16% 1.41 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.65% Great: 22%
ST2000DL 001-9VT156 2TB 180 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 6GB free, PID 1053 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	30.4% Below average	Read 89.7 Write 76.4 Mixed 27.4 75% 64.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.09 4K Write 0.22 4K Mixed 0.06 10% 0.12 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 30.4% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GB 37,489 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1632 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	34.3% Below average	MC Read 11.2 MC Write 11.7 MC Mixed 9.9 31% 10.9 GB/s	SC Read 9.7 SC Write 11 SC Mixed 10.4 30% 10.4 GB/s	Latency 63.6 63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 35%

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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	2,313x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,193x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	793x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	342x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	309x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	272x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	202x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	138x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	250x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	152x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16