Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	96.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	114% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	15.1 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	5.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 25 '17 at 12:25
Run Duration	245 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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 0.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Memory 94.2 1-Core 122 2-Core 241 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 409 8-Core 623 64% 516 Pts	64-Core 629 39% 629 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Asus(1043 861D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 138 Parallax 119 101% 127 fps	MRender 97.8 Gravity 123 Splatting 105 89% 108 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$85 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 125GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12790 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3874 (B1) Unknown 96 96 71 (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 57 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 67 (F1) Unknown 99 99 78630051030	114% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 397 Mixed 411 98% 440 MB/s	4K Read 45.1 4K Write 94.4 4K Mixed 49.4 182% 63 MB/s	DQ Read 333 DQ Write 253 DQ Mixed 119 136% 235 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 30GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 18212 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 4068 (B1) Unknown 88 88 251 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 55 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 66 (F1) Unknown 99 99 102164779865	115% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 407 Mixed 419 99% 447 MB/s	4K Read 46.9 4K Write 95.5 4K Mixed 48.3 184% 63.6 MB/s	DQ Read 336 DQ Write 266 DQ Mixed 110 134% 237 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 124%
Hitachi HDN726060ALE614 6TB 1,326 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 5TB free Firmware: APGNW7JH Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 138 138 100 (03) Spinup time 135 135 38686753254 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1443 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 140 140 15 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1890 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 108 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1652 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1652 (C2) HDA temperature 153 153 219044577319 (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	112% Outstanding	Read 207 Write 183 Mixed 185 144% 192 MB/s	4K Read 0.95 4K Write 3.75 4K Mixed 0.45 159% 1.72 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 121%
Hitachi HDN724030ALE640 4TB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 3.5TB free Firmware: MJAOA5E0 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 136 136 81 (03) Spinup time 126 126 51579847271 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3355 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 119 119 35 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3588 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 154 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3355 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3355 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 201864708132 (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	90.7% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 152 Mixed 133 112% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.99 4K Write 2.08 4K Mixed 0.22 104% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 87% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 93%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$86 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 186 179 5666 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8286 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 14184 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3858 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 94 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 192 192 26814 (C2) HDA temperature 119 101 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	64% Good	Read 113 Write 110 Mixed 118 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 2.05 4K Mixed 0.2 84% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 88%
HGST HDN 724030ALE640 3TB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 536GB free, PID 2773 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	62.1% Good	Read 150 Write 153 Mixed 20.5 126% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1.06 4K Write 2.17 4K Mixed 0.21 85% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 62%
WDC WD30 EFRX-68EUZN0 3TB 39 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 101GB free, PID 2773 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	26.4% Poor	Read 74.3 Write 65.6 Mixed 64.9 86% 68.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.37 4K Mixed 0.18 21% 0.38 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 26.4% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CML16GX3M2A1600C10 0215 CML8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CML16GX3M2A1600C10 0215 CML8GX3M2A1600C9 24GB 106 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	59.9% Above average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 18 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 21 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 59.3 68% 59.3 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 64%

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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	2,324x
Core i5-4690KIntel $55Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,196x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	421x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	795x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	342x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	310x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	273x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	202x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	139x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	252x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	153x
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 i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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