Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Raft	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	36.5% 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	42.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

7 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	0.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	2.4 Days
Run Date	May 28 '17 at 22:42
Run Duration	578 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (47^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	74.2% Very good	Memory 84.8 1-Core 101 2-Core 204 74% 130 Pts	4-Core 368 8-Core 373 50% 370 Pts	64-Core 386 24% 386 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 854D) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	36.5% Below average	Lighting 48 Reflection 47 Parallax 41.4 39% 45.5 fps	MRender 35.4 Gravity 41.8 Splatting 37.5 31% 38.2 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$75 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 16067 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 360 (B1) Unknown 77 77 267 (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 63 62 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 106 (F1) Unknown 99 99 102721292310	42.6% Average	Read 476 Write 45 Mixed 44.9 40% 189 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 14.9 4K Mixed 8.71 67% 18.4 MB/s	DQ Read 34.3 DQ Write 42.4 DQ Mixed 7.19 14% 28 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 118%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$59 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 68 (03) Spinup time 180 180 25781076218 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4011 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 15940 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 361 (C0) Power-off retract count 79 79 26251 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 79 79 26251 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 171799740452 (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	88% Excellent	Read 160 Write 147 Mixed 157 117% 155 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.15 89% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 108%
WDC WD25 00JB-00GVA0 250GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 179GB free, PID null Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	5.69% Terrible	Read 2.85 Write 2.97 Mixed 2.51 4% 2.78 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.4 65% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 5.69% Great: 19%
Lexar JumpDrive S25 USB 3.0 32GB-$13 3,792 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 8GB free, PID a838 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	9.64% Terrible	Read 37.3 Write 7.71 Mixed 19.3 23% 21.4 MB/s	4K Read 3.17 4K Write 0.59 4K Mixed 0.46 47% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 9.64% Great: 33%
JetFlash Transcend 16GB 14,782 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 7GB free, PID 4000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	21% Poor	Read 88.4 Write 20.1 Mixed 30.1 46% 46.2 MB/s	4K Read 5.26 4K Write 0.84 4K Mixed 1.14 87% 2.41 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 21% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1608DT2TXOB 2x8GB 555 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	46.3% Average	MC Read 15.9 MC Write 16.7 MC Mixed 14.8 45% 15.8 GB/s	SC Read 11.4 SC Write 14.6 SC Mixed 15 39% 13.7 GB/s	Latency 72.2 55% 72.2 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 74%

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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	2,319x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,194x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	421x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	794x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	342x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	309x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	273x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	202x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	138x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	252x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	152x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	120x

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Total price: $798

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16