Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Tree trunk	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	11% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	59.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150424
Uptime	3.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 04 '18 at 16:06
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (51^st 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-$50 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	75.8% Very good	Memory 82.5 1-Core 112 2-Core 213 77% 136 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 415 54% 406 Pts	64-Core 424 26% 424 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7870-$203 42,130 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Sapphire(174B E241) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.662.4 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	11% Very poor	Lighting 5.37 Reflection 28.8 Parallax 34.1 4% 22.8 fps	MRender 25.4 Gravity 27.2 Splatting 33 24% 28.5 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 11% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 330 Series 120GB-$188 11,188 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: 300i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 3 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 85315231276065 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1962 (B5) Unknown 0 0 3 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1935 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 481717 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 481717 (F2) Unknown 100 100 495702 (F9) Unknown 100 100 18104	59.6% Above average	Read 478 Write 103 Mixed 159 53% 247 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 94.2 4K Mixed 14.3 101% 43.5 MB/s	DQ Read 89.3 DQ Write 131 DQ Mixed 28.4 44% 82.8 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 80%
Hitachi HMS5C4040BLE640 4TB 902 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 1.5TB free Firmware: MPAOA5D0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 134 134 102 (03) Spinup time 128 128 42985390626 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2282 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 111 111 43 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3403 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 500 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2288 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2288 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 201864708132 (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	62.5% Good	Read 113 Write 104 Mixed 118 85% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.16 79% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 73%
Samsung HD753LJ 2TB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 314GB free Firmware: MN6OA5C0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 983040 (02) Throughput performance 133 133 93 (03) Spinup time 131 131 34388312502 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4870 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 135 135 26 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 15349 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2333 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 4989 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 4990 (C2) HDA temperature 162 162 266289152037 (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 44551	48.3% Average	Read 89.6 Write 78.8 Mixed 99.8 68% 89.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.23 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.31 71% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 106%
WD My Passport 0820 2TB 18,744 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 159GB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	33.3% Below average	Read 79.2 Write 79 Mixed 60.4 92% 72.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.19 58% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 33.3% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	67.7% Good	MC Read 24.5 MC Write 25.5 MC Mixed 22.5 69% 24.2 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 21.8 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 76 53% 76 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 72%

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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	2,337x
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	799x
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

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $160
Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $79
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $363