Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	89.1% 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	77.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). 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, 5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140930
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 19 '18 at 22:36
Run Duration	209 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing as expected (49^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 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Memory 89.7 1-Core 119 2-Core 250 85% 153 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 658 67% 543 Pts	64-Core 663 41% 663 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.6% 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: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Lighting 113 Reflection 120 Parallax 102 92% 112 fps	MRender 99.5 Gravity 104 Splatting 102 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 73GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 46 46 47 46 48 46 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	64.7% Good	Read 455 Write 61.8 Mixed 84.3 SusWrite 46.7 35% 162 MB/s	4K Read 36.9 4K Write 37.4 4K Mixed 30.9 115% 35.1 MB/s	DQ Read 302 DQ Write 74.3 DQ Mixed 66 80% 147 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 118%
OCZ Vertex 3 120GB-$42 25,948 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 97 100 98 101 87 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Read 415 Write 140 Mixed 155 SusWrite 98 44% 202 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 94.9 4K Mixed 40.9 156% 56.9 MB/s	DQ Read 190 DQ Write 135 DQ Mixed 144 112% 156 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 82%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 390GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 325 440 460 467 467 467 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 473 Mixed 391 SusWrite 438 101% 449 MB/s	4K Read 46.4 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 62.8 212% 74.7 MB/s	DQ Read 329 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 308 233% 312 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 134%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 71GB free Firmware: 01.03A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 99 98 99 98 99 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61% Good	Read 114 Write 108 Mixed 71.5 SusWrite 98.7 72% 97.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 60%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 1,232 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 806GB free, PID 3322 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 14 14 14 14 14 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	17.4% Very poor	Read 27.2 Write 24.5 Mixed 19.8 SusWrite 13.9 28% 21.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 17.4% Great: 76%
Intenso USB 3.0 Device 4TB 306 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 3TB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 14 14 14 14 14 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	14.4% Very poor	Read 30.8 Write 26 Mixed 25 SusWrite 13.9 31% 23.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 108% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 14.4% Great: 69%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 774GB free, PID 1042 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 13 13 13 13 13 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	11.4% Very poor	Read 30.8 Write 20.8 Mixed 20 SusWrite 12.8 27% 21.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 63% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 11.4% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 20,216 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2400 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31.2% Below average	MC Read 11 MC Write 10.1 MC Mixed 8.3 28% 9.8 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 10.9 SC Mixed 9.3 28% 9.83 GB/s	Latency 67.6 59% 67.6 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 31.2% Great: 86%

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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	2,309x
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	790x
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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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 $178	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