Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 85.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	53.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	77.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 05 '18 at 20:35
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Memory 94.9 1-Core 117 2-Core 231 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 462 60% 452 Pts	64-Core 466 29% 466 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% MSI(1462 3413) CLim: 1303 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.10.3 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	53.9% Above average	Lighting 68.3 Reflection 68.5 Parallax 83.8 56% 73.5 fps	MRender 66.9 Gravity 65.2 Splatting 55.7 50% 62.6 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -72060960375022 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 370 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 369 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 109 109 22290324 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 369 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 7170424 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 3 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 92 92 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 7170424 (F2) Unknown 100 100 227667 (F9) Unknown 100 100 67574	77.7% Very good	Read 501 Write 159 Mixed 212 63% 291 MB/s	4K Read 39 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 15.9 138% 55.4 MB/s	DQ Read 234 DQ Write 160 DQ Mixed 15.4 60% 136 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 88%
MB3000EBUCH 3TB 149 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 952GB free Firmware: MKAOHPG0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 98 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 100 80 (03) Spinup time 123 100 51580568180 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1783 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 123 100 31 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 9614 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 75 (B4) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 100 100 65535 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 2589904863265 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 51 472383526 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1912 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1912 (C2) HDA temperature 157 125 210454839334 (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 31	81.2% Excellent	Read 158 Write 125 Mixed 140 106% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.42 109% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 87%
Seagate ST9320320AS 320GB-$60 2,404 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 197GB free Firmware: 0303 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 93 168440626 (03) Spinup time 98 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10537 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 103171692 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 29251 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3277 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 406 (BC) Unknown 100 92 119 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 38 1198918533155 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 336 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 256 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 447980 (C2) HDA temperature 35 62 73014444067 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 55 41 168440626 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	31% Below average	Read 56.6 Write 51.4 Mixed 48.4 39% 52.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 0.96 4K Mixed 0.3 66% 0.54 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 31% Great: 37%
Toshiba MK6476GSX 640GB-$299 4,054 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 61GB free Firmware: GS001C Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1988 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 4911 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 48 48 20892 (0A) Spinup retry count 198 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2923 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (B9) Unknown 100 100 65535 (BB) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BC) Unknown 100 81 3182 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 48 605749282 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 900 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5505108 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 77 77 233531 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	29% Poor	Read 50 Write 50.8 Mixed 48.1 37% 49.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.21 4K Mixed 0.27 70% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 29% Great: 48%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 0423 Vulcan 1600 0423 Vulcan 1600 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	40.7% Average	MC Read 13.7 MC Write 14 MC Mixed 11.5 37% 13.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.2 SC Write 14.1 SC Mixed 11.8 36% 12.7 GB/s	Latency 57.2 70% 57.2 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 41%

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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	2,301x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,182x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	419x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	787x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	340x
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	136x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	247x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	150x
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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	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