Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 30% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	37.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	90.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140620
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 02 '18 at 09:34
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (84^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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Memory 95.5 1-Core 125 2-Core 244 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 470 8-Core 459 62% 465 Pts	64-Core 479 30% 479 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% Gigabyte(1458 229A) 3GB CLim: 1072 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 18.8.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	37.1% Below average	Lighting 48.5 Reflection 34.8 Parallax 57.3 40% 46.9 fps	MRender 32.7 Gravity 40.2 Splatting 43 32% 38.7 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 730 Series 240GB-$250 8,417 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 104GB free (System drive) Firmware: L201 SusWrite @10s intervals: 225 266 267 267 268 266 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Read 375 Write 285 Mixed 259 SusWrite 260 66% 295 MB/s	4K Read 33.1 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 33.6 159% 63.6 MB/s	DQ Read 289 DQ Write 275 DQ Mixed 274 208% 280 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 95%
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB (2018)-$59 8,648 User benchmarks, average bench 193% 121GB free Firmware: 1011 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 461 429 432 432 430 426 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	146% Outstanding	Read 581 Write 568 Mixed 561 SusWrite 435 121% 536 MB/s	4K Read 41.8 4K Write 178 4K Mixed 70.2 248% 96.7 MB/s	DQ Read 187 DQ Write 683 DQ Mixed 331 284% 400 MB/s
Poor: 141% ↑ This bench: 146% Great: 228%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 374GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 124 122 122 124 124 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	71.5% Very good	Read 127 Write 115 Mixed 66 SusWrite 123 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 174% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC29 SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 193 193 195 195 194 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 157 Mixed 86.4 SusWrite 193 114% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 163 163 166 166 166 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Read 134 Write 125 Mixed 68.3 SusWrite 164 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 5.7 4K Mixed 0.6 201% 2.33 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-151.A00LF 4x2GB 254 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	64.8% Good	MC Read 22.6 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 20.6 63% 22 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 21 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 55.7 72% 55.7 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 64%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	2,309x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,185x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	790x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	342x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	307x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	271x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16