Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87.1% 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	88.7% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Oct 18 '18 at 04:04
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Memory 95.6 1-Core 111 2-Core 216 82% 141 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 439 58% 437 Pts	64-Core 427 26% 427 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 82%

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: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 118 Parallax 100 88% 109 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 104 Splatting 105 85% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB-$215 19,372 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 321 141 94 93 90 85 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Read 396 Write 408 Mixed 327 SusWrite 137 71% 317 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 40.9 162% 64.4 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 322 245% 331 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 104%
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 334GB free Firmware: M0CR040 SusWrite @10s intervals: 437 460 280 238 239 237 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	99% Outstanding	Read 431 Write 356 Mixed 385 SusWrite 315 84% 372 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 41.7 155% 60.9 MB/s	DQ Read 347 DQ Write 315 DQ Mixed 326 246% 330 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 99%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC52 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 152 148 152 150 152 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Read 153 Write 152 Mixed 81 SusWrite 151 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 123% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 96%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/4G KHX1866C10D3/4G 1315 BLS4G3D18ADS3J.8FE 1315 BLS4G3D18ADS3J.8FE 16GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 1333, 1333, 1867, 1867 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	70.5% Very good	MC Read 24.8 MC Write 26 MC Mixed 22.7 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 21.3 SC Mixed 22.5 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 55.2 72% 55.2 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 70.5% 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	2,310x
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 $40	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