Asus Z97-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Graphics	27.1% 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	87.5% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (25%). 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	6.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150212
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 26 '15 at 21:50
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-4370-$50 1,504 User benchmarks, average bench 66% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 112 2-Core 196 71% 154 Pts	4-Core 309 8-Core 317 42% 313 Pts	64-Core 317 20% 317 Pts
Poor: 52% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Nvidia(10DE 0984) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5560 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	27.1% Poor	Lighting 32.9 Reflection 29.2 Parallax 36.1 27% 32.7 fps	MRender 41 Gravity 29.4 Splatting 32.7 28% 34.4 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 27.1% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 141GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 49 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 13 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 64 58 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 239924268	87.5% Excellent	Read 501 Write 349 Mixed 356 89% 402 MB/s	4K Read 45.1 4K Write 93.6 4K Mixed 23.6 148% 54.1 MB/s	DQ Read 45.7 DQ Write 91.2 DQ Mixed 75.2 55% 70.7 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 640GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 100 111137592 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 196 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 55604 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 903 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 143 (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 70 63 521601054 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 17 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 772 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 94489280542 (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 -132315057487033 (F1) Unknown 100 253 766606214 (F2) Unknown 100 253 70947950	110% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 189 Mixed 175 140% 187 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.22 92% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 112%
PNY USB 3.0 FD 32GB 296 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 29GB free, PID fa05 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	14.5% Very poor	Read 42.5 Write 26.6 Mixed 12.8 30% 27.3 MB/s	4K Read 6.76 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.26 44% 2.44 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 14.5% Great: 36%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-A - $150

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,309x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,185x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	790x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	342x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	307x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	271x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	202x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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