Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	109% 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	93.1% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	30 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140930
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '18 at 17:43
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 91.8 1-Core 126 2-Core 253 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 668 68% 551 Pts	64-Core 667 41% 667 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 151 Parallax 143 117% 146 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 140 Splatting 112 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB 7,823 User benchmarks, average bench 320% 2TB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	166% Outstanding	Read 1,209 Write 1,229 Mixed 1,015 257% 1,151 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 84.5 4K Mixed 14.9 108% 42.8 MB/s	DQ Read 29.5 DQ Write 514 DQ Mixed 14.9 88% 186 MB/s
Poor: 141% ↑ This bench: 166% Great: 531%
Samsung MZ7WD240HCFV-000AZ 240GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 223GB free Firmware: DXM91W3Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2123 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 624 (B1) Unknown 99 99 35 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 5248 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 61 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 46 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3276908922	111% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 432 Mixed 440 103% 462 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 44.3 167% 63.5 MB/s	DQ Read 254 DQ Write 298 DQ Mixed 25.2 88% 192 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 99%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM05B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 946 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 385 (B1) Unknown 99 99 21 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 60 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 16 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5513632540	93.1% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 418 Mixed 417 100% 451 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 26 148% 58.9 MB/s	DQ Read 35.8 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 23.2 33% 58.9 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 116%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT41GU7BFR8A-PB 4x8GB 149 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	59.1% Above average	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 21.4 MC Mixed 16.5 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 20.3 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 64.5 62% 64.5 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 97%

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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%

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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 $133	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