Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 86.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	49.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	163% 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	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	28.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 03 '18 at 17:57
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Memory 94.5 1-Core 138 2-Core 269 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 728 70% 575 Pts	64-Core 725 45% 725 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Asus(1043 0521) CLim: 1380 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.9.3 Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49.5% Average	Lighting 59.9 Reflection 71 Parallax 77.3 49% 69.4 fps	MRender 71 Gravity 59.6 Splatting 57.9 51% 62.8 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 148GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 531 332 332 330 331 316 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	163% Outstanding	Read 757 Write 651 Mixed 630 SusWrite 362 134% 600 MB/s	4K Read 57.9 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 74.5 250% 86.2 MB/s	DQ Read 779 DQ Write 680 DQ Mixed 830 594% 763 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 163% Great: 280%
Intel 520 Series 240GB-$139 12,595 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 140GB free Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 213 213 209 213 200 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Read 436 Write 282 Mixed 286 SusWrite 203 67% 302 MB/s	4K Read 38.8 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 44.4 172% 63.2 MB/s	DQ Read 305 DQ Write 254 DQ Mixed 238 190% 266 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 95%
WD WD7502AAEX-00Y9A0 750GB 4,731 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 478GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 115 114 116 115 115 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	67.2% Good	Read 119 Write 114 Mixed 113 SusWrite 115 86% 115 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 211% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 77%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB-$80 27,325 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 317GB free Firmware: SD35 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 89 90 90 90 90 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	50.3% Above average	Read 85.9 Write 12.7 Mixed 39.3 SusWrite 89.1 42% 56.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 0215 CML16GX3M2A1600C10 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 0215 CML16GX3M2A1600C10 32GB 61 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	60.9% Good	MC Read 22.6 MC Write 21.5 MC Mixed 16.9 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 21.1 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 58.6 68% 58.6 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 62%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-A - $150

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,318x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,194x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	421x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	794x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	342x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	309x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	273x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	202x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	138x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	252x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	152x
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 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16