Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	64.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	85.2% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	27 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	10.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 02 '19 at 22:17
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Memory 96.7 1-Core 121 2-Core 242 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 461 8-Core 465 62% 463 Pts	64-Core 430 27% 430 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AC) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2102 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 416.81 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.3% Good	Lighting 81.6 Reflection 82.2 Parallax 70.4 66% 78.1 fps	MRender 75.2 Gravity 71.4 Splatting 73.6 60% 73.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 103GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 225 203 144 247 222 223 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	85.2% Excellent	Read 405 Write 305 Mixed 286 SusWrite 210 67% 301 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 42.3 146% 57.2 MB/s	DQ Read 178 DQ Write 302 DQ Mixed 144 136% 208 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 85.2% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 656GB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 68 53 96 89 98 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	32.7% Below average	Read 33.5 Write 87.5 Mixed 55 SusWrite 80.3 47% 64.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.7 118% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 75%
WD Black 500GB (2008)-$95 28,095 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 143GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 54 43 69 73 73 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	40.1% Average	Read 78 Write 68.7 Mixed 55.7 SusWrite 61.6 49% 66 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 69%
Seagate ST3500630AS 224GB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 170GB free Firmware: 3.AAD SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 41 36 54 59 55 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	33.1% Below average	Read 66.8 Write 32.7 Mixed 47.8 SusWrite 48.2 36% 48.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 136% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 42%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 477GB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 79 55 105 88 103 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	55.1% Above average	Read 110 Write 105 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 82.4 66% 89.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 141% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 1,222 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	87.9% Excellent	MC Read 30.9 MC Write 34.3 MC Mixed 29.2 90% 31.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.8 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 26.9 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 51.6 78% 51.6 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 89%

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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	2,310x
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