Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 89.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	55.5% 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	116% 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	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	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 06 '18 at 02:03
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Memory 94.9 1-Core 128 2-Core 261 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 485 8-Core 518 66% 502 Pts	64-Core 508 31% 508 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2978) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	55.5% Above average	Lighting 69.1 Reflection 76.4 Parallax 66 56% 70.5 fps	MRender 75.5 Gravity 65.6 Splatting 59.5 54% 66.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 97GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 348 164 166 160 161 159 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 494 Mixed 376 SusWrite 193 88% 393 MB/s	4K Read 46.1 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 63.3 218% 78.7 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 361 272% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB-$80 27,325 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 123GB free Firmware: SD15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 68 71 71 71 72 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	37.9% Below average	Read 61 Write 12.4 Mixed 33.9 SusWrite 70.6 33% 44.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 152% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 59%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 115GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 102 103 109 110 115 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	68.2% Good	Read 131 Write 82.7 Mixed 79 SusWrite 107 74% 99.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 112%
WD My Book 1230 2TB 4,878 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 668GB free, PID 1230 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 88 87 87 88 88 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	38.3% Below average	Read 82.2 Write 81.2 Mixed 72.1 SusWrite 87.4 110% 80.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 113% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 22,320 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	64.2% Good	MC Read 22.5 MC Write 23.4 MC Mixed 20.1 63% 22 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 23.1 SC Mixed 19.2 57% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 57.3 70% 57.3 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 63%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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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 $182	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