Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 91.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	86% 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	71.7% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colori, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 06 '18 at 11:12
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Memory 97.8 1-Core 126 2-Core 251 90% 158 Pts	4-Core 463 8-Core 683 71% 573 Pts	64-Core 685 42% 685 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	86% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 118 Parallax 99.4 90% 109 fps	MRender 96 Gravity 86.7 Splatting 101 78% 94.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 450 256GB-$206 409 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 71GB free Firmware: 30002377 SusWrite @10s intervals: 378 366 365 392 379 388 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 440 Write 459 Mixed 350 SusWrite 378 92% 407 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 32.3 149% 65.3 MB/s	DQ Read 331 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 305 239% 328 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 105%
Crucial MX200 500GB-$90 17,487 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 81GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 125 117 115 116 113 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	71.7% Very good	Read 384 Write 253 Mixed 238 SusWrite 126 56% 250 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 87.9 4K Mixed 32.5 127% 48.8 MB/s	DQ Read 305 DQ Write 129 DQ Mixed 91.5 101% 175 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 105%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$46 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 373GB free Firmware: M3CR020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 368 384 384 381 356 336 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 457 Mixed 418 SusWrite 368 98% 433 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 53.4 186% 71.7 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 352 DQ Mixed 296 242% 344 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 125%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 116GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 193 193 190 188 192 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 161 Mixed 81 SusWrite 191 111% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 114%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 123 121 121 122 122 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	70.2% Very good	Read 123 Write 101 Mixed 64.2 SusWrite 122 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 189% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2400C10 Series 2x8GB 252 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	MC Read 31 MC Write 32.2 MC Mixed 27.2 86% 30.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.8 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 25.8 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 46.7 86% 46.7 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 89%

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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	2,306x
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	202x
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) $30	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