Asus Z97-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 82.3%, 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140711
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Sep 26 '18 at 04:19
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$51 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Memory 91.5 1-Core 113 2-Core 225 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 423 8-Core 419 56% 421 Pts	64-Core 432 27% 432 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing below potential (57^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49.1% Average	Lighting 60.8 Reflection 65 Parallax 58.5 50% 61.5 fps	MRender 69 Gravity 57.4 Splatting 52.8 48% 59.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$40 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 458GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 122 67 109 137 129 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	76.8% Very good	Read 157 Write 163 Mixed 99.5 SusWrite 110 98% 132 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 203% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 108%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$20 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 66GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 73 72 73 73 74 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	41.3% Average	Read 71 Write 70.2 Mixed 53.8 SusWrite 72.8 49% 66.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 69%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 63GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 50 50 51 51 50 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	30.9% Below average	Read 56.7 Write 51.8 Mixed 44.5 SusWrite 50.4 38% 50.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 180% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 30.9% Great: 69%
Seagate Desktop 2TB 3,779 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 395GB free, PID 3300 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 42 41 42 42 42 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	15% Very poor	Read 31.3 Write 39.5 Mixed 18.8 SusWrite 41.8 46% 32.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 30% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 15% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/4G KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/4G 16GB 1,509 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	59.4% Above average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 21.7 MC Mixed 18.7 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 20.3 SC Mixed 19.1 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 64.9 62% 64.9 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 63%

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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	2,317x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,194x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	794x
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	273x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	202x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	138x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	251x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	152x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16