Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87% 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	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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	25.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Sep 23 '18 at 09:42
Run Duration	279 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th 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 above expectations (70^th percentile)	82.4% Excellent	Memory 83.4 1-Core 123 2-Core 246 83% 151 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 662 68% 550 Pts	64-Core 654 40% 654 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.4% Great: 87%

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. 20.19.15.4835 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 114 Parallax 97.7 90% 107 fps	MRender 97.1 Gravity 98.7 Splatting 100 81% 98.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 233GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 6,376 Write 4719 Mixed 5,283 1,214% 5,459 MB/s	4K Read 653 4K Write 295 4K Mixed 393 1,650% 447 MB/s	DQ Read 1,318 DQ Write 894 DQ Mixed 937 745% 1050 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 176GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 456 473 475 476 476 476 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	136% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 485 Mixed 381 SusWrite 472 104% 460 MB/s	4K Read 48.9 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 67.4 230% 82.3 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 355 267% 357 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 134%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 41GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 357 118 88 73 66 60 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 480 Mixed 426 SusWrite 127 86% 384 MB/s	4K Read 47 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 59 210% 75.4 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 232 208% 314 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 118%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 128GB free Firmware: 12.01C01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 76 77 77 77 78 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	36.1% Below average	Read 48.7 Write 45 Mixed 40.5 SusWrite 76.7 39% 52.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 123% 1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 69%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 576GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 163 165 166 166 166 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	Read 166 Write 150 Mixed 94.8 SusWrite 165 106% 144 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 233% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMY16GX3M2A1600C9 1315 BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 0215 CMY16GX3M2A1600C9 1315 BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 32GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	49.9% Average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 15 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 16.8 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 74.4 54% 74.4 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 49.9% 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	2,310x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,185x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	791x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	342x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	307x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	271x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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