Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 80.3%, 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	95.9% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	2.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150427
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Dec 26 '18 at 10:27
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	HRV-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$52 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Memory 89.4 1-Core 104 2-Core 211 77% 135 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 413 55% 413 Pts	64-Core 404 25% 404 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 115 Parallax 98.2 90% 108 fps	MRender 96.6 Gravity 99.9 Splatting 101 81% 99 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$210 25,365 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 98GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 176 87 75 70 67 62 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	95.9% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 338 Mixed 321 SusWrite 89.7 69% 312 MB/s	4K Read 37.5 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 51.2 184% 68.1 MB/s	DQ Read 334 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 280 217% 298 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 124%
Corsair Force GT 60GB 1,562 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 9GB free Firmware: 5.05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 82 81 82 80 86 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	69.2% Good	Read 416 Write 83.2 Mixed 122 SusWrite 81.9 38% 176 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 82.4 4K Mixed 36.9 142% 50.9 MB/s	DQ Read 104 DQ Write 78.3 DQ Mixed 89 67% 90.5 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 69%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 12GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 68 73 68 66 66 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	39.5% Below average	Read 69 Write 67.5 Mixed 60.2 SusWrite 68.3 49% 66.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 155% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 39.5% Great: 76%
WD WD1600JS-75NCB1 160GB 10,689 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 33GB free Firmware: 10.02E01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 28 29 29 28 28 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	22.7% Poor	Read 50.3 Write 41.5 Mixed 36.3 SusWrite 28.3 29% 39.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 22.7% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 27,024 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.4% Above average	MC Read 18.3 MC Write 19 MC Mixed 16.7 51% 18 GB/s	SC Read 12.5 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 16.3 45% 15.7 GB/s	Latency 68 59% 68 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 63%

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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%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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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 $94Bench 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 $300	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 $45	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