Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 90.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	98.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	125% 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	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 8 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

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Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150427
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 12 '18 at 15:14
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (56^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)	90.1% Outstanding	Memory 92.8 1-Core 133 2-Core 269 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 502 8-Core 519 68% 510 Pts	64-Core 537 33% 537 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 82%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.14.4889 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36B6) CLim: 1683 MHz, MLim: 1785 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 133 Parallax 121 104% 127 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 114 Splatting 102 87% 107 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 469 164 152 144 148 148 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 489 Mixed 417 SusWrite 204 91% 404 MB/s	4K Read 49.5 4K Write 154 4K Mixed 68.6 244% 90.8 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 362 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 134%
Seagate ST32000644NS 2TB 7,161 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 293GB free Firmware: KA0A SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 83 83 84 84 84 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	48.7% Average	Read 85.8 Write 86.3 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 83.5 58% 79 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 192% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 74%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 248GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 114 116 115 116 116 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	75.6% Very good	Read 148 Write 113 Mixed 78 SusWrite 115 83% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 113%
ST4000VN 008-2DR166 4TB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 2TB free, PID 0711 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 29 28 29 29 29 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	17.4% Very poor	Read 32 Write 27.8 Mixed 26.8 SusWrite 28.3 39% 28.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 100% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 17.4% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 78,181 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (60^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	54.5% Above average	MC Read 18.8 MC Write 19.3 MC Mixed 17 52% 18.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 17.6 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 62%

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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	2,306x
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