Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 81.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	49.1% 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	196% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	27.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 25 '18 at 00:14
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 above expectations (62^nd percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Memory 84.7 1-Core 126 2-Core 250 85% 154 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 647 66% 533 Pts	64-Core 616 38% 616 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Asus(1043 855B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49.1% Average	Lighting 58.8 Reflection 49.1 Parallax 60.8 48% 56.3 fps	MRender 31.1 Gravity 94 Splatting 60.8 51% 62 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 368GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	196% Outstanding	Read 1,139 Write 1,160 Mixed 1,099 253% 1,133 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 146 4K Mixed 40.9 174% 72.1 MB/s	DQ Read 774 DQ Write 466 DQ Mixed 246 284% 495 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 196% Great: 283%
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 75GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4114 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1683 (B1) Unknown 98 98 68 (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 71 62 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 8 (EB) Unknown 99 99 376 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3026372589	102% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 440 Mixed 403 101% 454 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 25.5 145% 57.6 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 268 DQ Mixed 76.1 111% 207 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 38GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4113 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1704 (B1) Unknown 98 98 70 (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 72 61 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 388 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3506787264	104% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 440 Mixed 402 101% 454 MB/s	4K Read 35.6 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 26.4 148% 58.6 MB/s	DQ Read 282 DQ Write 281 DQ Mixed 77 114% 213 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%
Jmicron 120GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 145% 99GB free, PID 1561 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	342% Outstanding	Read 331 Write 186 Mixed 143 249% 220 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 80.3 4K Mixed 15.4 3,355% 40.9 MB/s	DQ Read 28.4 DQ Write 84.3 DQ Mixed 16.6 3,539% 43.1 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 342% Great: 342%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 6,389 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	57.5% Above average	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 16.3 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 22.3 SC Mixed 20.4 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 72.2 55% 72.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 87%

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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