Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	9.27% 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	78.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 12 '18 at 02:08
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 133 2-Core 265 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 530 8-Core 700 78% 615 Pts	64-Core 698 43% 698 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 740 30,433 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Gigabyte(1458 3654) 1GB CLim: 1071 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	9.27% Terrible	Lighting 10.4 Reflection 9.54 Parallax 12 8% 10.6 fps	MRender 13.8 Gravity 12.5 Splatting 13.3 11% 13.2 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 9.27% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 180GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^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 19471 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2516 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 93 93 223 (AE) Unknown 100 100 429 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 75 56 188979740697 (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 1331 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 93 93 7 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 28328418854 (F7) Unknown 100 100 555872808 (F8) Unknown 100 100 2824113585	78.4% Very good	Read 525 Write 329 Mixed 207 78% 354 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 59.6 4K Mixed 26.9 104% 37.1 MB/s	DQ Read 134 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 45.7 56% 99.7 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 97%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free Firmware: MK7OA840 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 133 133 91 (03) Spinup time 144 144 21502362044 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1645 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 123 123 31 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 14681 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1231 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1995 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1995 (C2) HDA temperature 222 222 180389937179 (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	68% Good	Read 110 Write 126 Mixed 80.2 79% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.34 109% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 82%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT4G3D1608DT2TXOB 2x4GB 342 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1603 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	63.8% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 19.3 61% 21.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 23.5 SC Mixed 21.2 59% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 51.7 77% 51.7 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 65%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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