Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	108% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	69.7% 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 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

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 7
BIOS Date	20140930
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 25 '20 at 16:56
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4430-$124 24,837 User benchmarks, average bench 65% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	Memory 90.7 1-Core 98.9 2-Core 192 74% 127 Pts	4-Core 383 8-Core 384 51% 384 Pts	64-Core 381 24% 381 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% Gigabyte(1458 2313) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.7.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 132 Reflection 119 Parallax 236 108% 162 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 133 Splatting 163 115% 138 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 128GB-$74 9,892 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 59 58 54 51 51 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	69.7% Good	Read 444 Write 184 Mixed 228 SusWrite 64 51% 230 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 21.3 131% 54.8 MB/s	DQ Read 313 DQ Write 130 DQ Mixed 161 135% 201 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 89%
SP B75 Pro 512GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 171GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 28 27 28 27 28 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	36.5% Below average	Read 32.8 Write 27.3 Mixed 29.5 SusWrite 27.4 39% 29.2 MB/s	4K Read 7.7 4K Write 7.8 4K Mixed 7.2 539% 7.57 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 46 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	30.5% Below average	MC Read 9.7 MC Write 10.1 MC Mixed 8.6 27% 9.47 GB/s	SC Read 8.9 SC Write 10.3 SC Mixed 9.8 28% 9.67 GB/s	Latency 66.3 60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 30.5% Great: 72%

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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	2,320x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,195x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	421x

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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	202x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	138x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	252x
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 i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16