Asus Z97-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 94.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	90.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	14.3 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	Sep 09 '18 at 17:37
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	IRN-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	Memory 95.8 1-Core 134 2-Core 284 94% 171 Pts	4-Core 501 8-Core 741 77% 621 Pts	64-Core 750 46% 750 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Lighting 115 Reflection 118 Parallax 103 94% 112 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 105 Splatting 103 84% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 509 Write 491 Mixed 421 106% 474 MB/s	4K Read 46.7 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 64.8 224% 81.3 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 359 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 369GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 140 141 142 142 141 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Read 160 Write 130 Mixed 85.7 SusWrite 141 95% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 442GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 173 171 171 172 172 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 205 Write 199 Mixed 73 SusWrite 172 118% 162 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 155% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3 1600G 2OZ 2x8GB 393 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	63.6% Good	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 19.7 61% 21.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 20.3 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 54.5 73% 54.5 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 73%

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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	2,305x
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	201x
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 $184	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