Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 138% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 115% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	160% 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	120% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140930
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 29 '18 at 15:36
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Memory 96.9 1-Core 130 2-Core 253 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 615 65% 518 Pts	64-Core 691 43% 691 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Nvidia(10DE 12A4) ≥ 4GB; Nvidia Founder's Edition CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing below potential (63^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	160% Outstanding	Lighting 221 Reflection 228 Parallax 228 180% 226 fps	MRender 261 Gravity 215 Splatting 146 163% 207 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 160% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 367GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 375 393 385 331 330 305 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 476 Mixed 394 SusWrite 353 97% 432 MB/s	4K Read 44.9 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 58.7 201% 70.7 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 256 221% 327 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 126%
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 91GB free Firmware: SBFK61K1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 359 250 132 101 103 105 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Read 238 Write 106 Mixed 355 SusWrite 175 49% 219 MB/s	4K Read 40.4 4K Write 89.6 4K Mixed 44.4 166% 58.1 MB/s	DQ Read 316 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 231 200% 294 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 102%
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 438GB free Firmware: SBFK61K1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 364 371 104 105 100 105 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	Read 464 Write 353 Mixed 360 SusWrite 191 76% 342 MB/s	4K Read 40.5 4K Write 88.9 4K Mixed 45.1 166% 58.2 MB/s	DQ Read 316 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 236 202% 295 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 102%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 210GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 100 102 102 101 101 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	64.7% Good	Read 124 Write 103 Mixed 76.5 SusWrite 101 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 223% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GB 11,630 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	MC Read 28.5 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 24.9 78% 27.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 23.9 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 50.7 79% 50.7 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 79%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	2,309x
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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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 $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