Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 49% Yacht


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 91.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	61.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	66.2% 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 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, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 13 '18 at 00:55
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	2%

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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Memory 94.7 1-Core 112 2-Core 259 86% 155 Pts	4-Core 473 8-Core 696 73% 584 Pts	64-Core 713 44% 713 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390X-$340 26,573 User benchmarks, average bench 54% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 1080 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.12.1.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	61.7% Good	Lighting 77.5 Reflection 64.6 Parallax 94.1 63% 78.7 fps	MRender 64.5 Gravity 63.7 Splatting 82.9 59% 70.4 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 57%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 120GB-$75 15,430 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 82 84 85 83 85 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	66.2% Good	Read 390 Write 133 Mixed 193 SusWrite 89 44% 201 MB/s	4K Read 20.7 4K Write 95.2 4K Mixed 30.2 120% 48.7 MB/s	DQ Read 257 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 116 105% 164 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 77%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 60GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 384 275 274 273 273 276 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 441 Write 426 Mixed 364 SusWrite 293 86% 381 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 50 175% 63.3 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 233 210% 319 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 118%
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 67GB free Firmware: M0CR021 SusWrite @10s intervals: 394 334 134 137 137 136 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	Read 425 Write 409 Mixed 330 SusWrite 212 77% 344 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 95.1 4K Mixed 31 124% 49.6 MB/s	DQ Read 234 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 242 188% 255 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 95%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 186GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 80 81 80 80 81 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	46.7% Average	Read 81.9 Write 80.4 Mixed 65.6 SusWrite 80.4 57% 77.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 152% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 127 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	45.5% Average	MC Read 16.7 MC Write 15.9 MC Mixed 11.4 42% 14.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 12.8 43% 15.1 GB/s	Latency 57.8 69% 57.8 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 63%

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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	2,301x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,182x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	419x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	787x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	340x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	307x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	270x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	201x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	136x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	247x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	150x
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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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