Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	120% 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	82.1% 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	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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150212
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 26 '18 at 09:00
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing as expected (55^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, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Memory 88.8 1-Core 85.4 2-Core 209 73% 128 Pts	4-Core 379 8-Core 406 52% 393 Pts	64-Core 404 25% 404 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 12A6) ≥ 4GB; nvidia rtx 2080 founders edition CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 411.63 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	120% Outstanding	Lighting 161 Reflection 165 Parallax 164 131% 163 fps	MRender 179 Gravity 144 Splatting 110 114% 144 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 146 99 117 107 105 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Read 386 Write 327 Mixed 276 SusWrite 125 62% 279 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 43.3 156% 61.5 MB/s	DQ Read 173 DQ Write 309 DQ Mixed 140 135% 207 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 97%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 377GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 67 68 69 68 68 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	50% Above average	Read 106 Write 104 Mixed 77.7 SusWrite 68 66% 88.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 195% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 84%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$84 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 527GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 132 126 131 133 132 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	Read 142 Write 115 Mixed 73 SusWrite 131 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 195% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL9-4GBRL 0420 F3-1600C9-4GAB 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBRL 0420 F3-1600C9-4GAB 16GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	58% Above average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 17.6 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 19 SC Mixed 17.9 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 68.7 58% 68.7 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 61%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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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 $94Bench 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 $300	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