Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 93.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	90.2% 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	118% 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	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 9 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150427
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 25 '18 at 18:49
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Memory 93 1-Core 138 2-Core 274 93% 168 Pts	4-Core 540 8-Core 544 72% 542 Pts	64-Core 544 34% 544 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36B6) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 119 Parallax 108 95% 114 fps	MRender 98.1 Gravity 104 Splatting 94.5 81% 99 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 190GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4943 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 500 (B1) Unknown 98 98 23 (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 59 50 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 217 (F1) Unknown 99 99 21957510216	118% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 415 Mixed 424 100% 451 MB/s	4K Read 43 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 50.5 188% 68.1 MB/s	DQ Read 364 DQ Write 277 DQ Mixed 119 144% 254 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 134%
Seagate ST32000644NS 2TB 7,161 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 342GB free Firmware: KA0A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 67 63 5445008 (03) Spinup time 91 89 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1419 (05) Reallocated sector count 94 94 286 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 7761726 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4674 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 455 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BC) Unknown 100 93 365077790809 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 57 46 724172843 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 213 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1652 (C2) HDA temperature 43 54 55834574891 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 19 16 5445008 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 81445464838084 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3819828729 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3672919268	51.4% Above average	Read 91.4 Write 87.4 Mixed 76.7 64% 85.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.72 4K Mixed 0.51 109% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 74%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$60 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 200GB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 165805480 (03) Spinup time 96 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2949 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 102840310 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14316 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1678 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4 (BD) vendor-specific 85 85 15 (BE) vendor-specific 65 52 589430819 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 404 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 38 38 124671 (C2) HDA temperature 35 48 38654705699 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 98509369907466 (F1) Unknown 100 253 53393531290 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1092897946138	67.3% Good	Read 117 Write 117 Mixed 117 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.15 62% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 113%
ST4000VN 008-2DR166 4TB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 2TB free, PID 0711 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	18.1% Very poor	Read 33.7 Write 29.2 Mixed 30.3 39% 31.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.19 4K Mixed 0.27 86% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 18.1% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 78,181 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (63^rd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	54.8% Above average	MC Read 18.8 MC Write 19.5 MC Mixed 17.2 53% 18.5 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 17.8 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 62.1 64% 62.1 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 62%

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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	2,313x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,193x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	793x
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	272x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	202x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	138x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	250x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16