Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Raft	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 25% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 80.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	32% 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	67.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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 (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	23.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140707
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Feb 14 '18 at 14:20
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Memory 90.5 1-Core 108 2-Core 214 79% 138 Pts	4-Core 377 8-Core 555 58% 466 Pts	64-Core 573 36% 573 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% Asus(1043 8465) 2GB CLim: 1215 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	32% Below average	Lighting 36.7 Reflection 32.3 Parallax 39.6 30% 36.2 fps	MRender 52.5 Gravity 47.9 Splatting 35.4 36% 45.3 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 32% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk X110 256GB-$100 4,989 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 67GB free (System drive) Firmware: X231 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 15078 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 924 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 23 (A8) Unknown 100 100 503 (A9) Unknown 100 100 345 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 383 (AE) Unknown 100 100 151 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 49 210453987359 (D4) Unknown 100 100 12 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 3148 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 99941 (F1) Unknown 253 253 52143 (F2) Unknown 253 253 25562 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	67.5% Good	Read 386 Write 196 Mixed 264 62% 282 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 68.8 4K Mixed 21.8 104% 39 MB/s	DQ Read 250 DQ Write 157 DQ Mixed 39.9 74% 149 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 100 233137952 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 454 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 619893 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1471 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 17 (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 68 60 655622176 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1084 (C2) HDA temperature 32 40 55834574880 (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 -22625887715149 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4730178414 (F2) Unknown 100 253 577773568	90.2% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 148 Mixed 129 111% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.22 83% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 114%
Seagate Video SV35.6 Series 2TB-$121 12,330 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 331GB free Firmware: CV26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 208070408 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5793 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 21967765 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 16937 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 886 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BD) vendor-specific 66 66 34 (BE) vendor-specific 67 57 621871137 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 141 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5799 (C2) HDA temperature 33 43 4294967329 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1	96% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 161 Mixed 150 122% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.19 69% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 8,730 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	57% Above average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 17.5 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 18.1 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 66.6 60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 63%

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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	2,306x
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	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 $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 $182	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) $30	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