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Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Speed boat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 35% Jet ski


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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	56.4% 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	88.4% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	8.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140711
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	May 10 '17 at 04:22
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	43%

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 i5-4690K-$43 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	79% Very good	Memory 87.1 1-Core 114 2-Core 230 81% 144 Pts	4-Core 409 8-Core 412 55% 411 Pts	64-Core 417 26% 417 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) CLim: 1546 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	56.4% Above average	Lighting 71.1 Reflection 71.3 Parallax 64.8 58% 69.1 fps	MRender 74.4 Gravity 66.4 Splatting 57.9 53% 66.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 500GB-$49 13,478 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^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 1103 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 525 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 71 (A3) Unknown 100 100 20 (A4) Unknown 100 100 26278 (A5) Unknown 100 100 81 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 23 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 92 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 56800 (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 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 205654 (F2) Unknown 100 100 486698 (F5) Unknown 100 100 420448	88.4% Excellent	Read 507 Write 433 Mixed 466 104% 469 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 23.4 130% 52.6 MB/s	DQ Read 30.9 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 63.9 52% 70.5 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 108%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$60 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 540GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 6300 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8976 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 53 53 34920 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 907 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 176 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8972 (C2) HDA temperature 114 93 36 (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	55.9% Above average	Read 99.5 Write 94.9 Mixed 89.9 71% 94.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 2.17 4K Mixed 0.34 103% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 76%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$60 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 462GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2191 (03) Spinup time 175 171 4250 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4435 (05) Reallocated sector count 187 187 252 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 20985 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 842 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 182 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4252 (C2) HDA temperature 117 94 30 (C4) Reallocation count 1 1 202 (C5) Current pending sector count 199 198 282 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 199 198 271 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 42817 (C8) Write error rate 199 198 290	75% Very good	Read 136 Write 125 Mixed 126 97% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1.21 4K Write 2.58 4K Mixed 0.48 152% 1.42 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 76%
Multi-Reader -0 2GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 1GB free, PID 6368 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	18.2% Very poor	Read 45.4 Write 35.5 Mixed 39.3 50% 40.1 MB/s	4K Read 15.3 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.1 64% 5.17 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 18.2% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 16,567 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31.3% Below average	MC Read 10.2 MC Write 10.6 MC Mixed 9.2 29% 10 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 9.8 SC Mixed 9.4 27% 9.5 GB/s	Latency 70.3 57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 31.3% Great: 62%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus Z97-A - $150

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,392x
Core i5-4690KIntel $43Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,233x
Core i7-4790Intel $115Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	444x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	818x
GTX 1070Nvidia $200Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	356x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	314x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	284x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	209x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	140x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	261x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	161x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	126x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $798

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $169	Nvidia RTX 4060 $296	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $135
Intel Core i5-12400F $111	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $345	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $215	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $350