Asus Z97-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 76%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	32.4% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 25 '17 at 12:12
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	76% Very good	Memory 95.3 1-Core 121 2-Core 241 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 308 8-Core 447 47% 377 Pts	64-Core 402 25% 402 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% XFX(1682 9275) 2GB CLim: 1150 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.2.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	32.4% Below average	Lighting 41.2 Reflection 37.2 Parallax 50.2 34% 42.9 fps	MRender 32.5 Gravity 34.4 Splatting 41.3 30% 36.1 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 32.4% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 803GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC49 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 110911352 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 2014 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 276609470 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 20003 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2026 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 81 81 19 (BE) vendor-specific 71 50 505085981 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 534 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3529 (C2) HDA temperature 29 50 42949672989 (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 33457795255903 (F1) Unknown 100 253 262932520819 (F2) Unknown 100 253 307115306415	97.3% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 167 Mixed 129 117% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.32 82% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 112%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 522GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 167 2350 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1318 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11018 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1105 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 416 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 919 (C2) HDA temperature 115 104 28 (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	80% Very good	Read 140 Write 139 Mixed 133 103% 137 MB/s	4K Read 1.23 4K Write 2.51 4K Mixed 0.35 137% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 109%
Seagate ST3500412AS 500GB 3,833 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 356GB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 180323661 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9898 (05) Reallocated sector count 81 81 789 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 280161773 (09) Power-on hours count 51 51 43710 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4703 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 4295032839 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 48 421003289 (C2) HDA temperature 25 52 47244640281 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 46 29 180323661 (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 -129248450785440 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3778813875 (F2) Unknown 100 253 737755725	53.4% Above average	Read 91.1 Write 94.8 Mixed 87.7 69% 91.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.51 114% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 1600 C8 4x4GB 300 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2000 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	71.6% Very good	MC Read 23.9 MC Write 27.1 MC Mixed 23.7 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 23.1 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 56.3 71% 56.3 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 84%

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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	2,304x
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	201x
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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $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