Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 91.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	67.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	106% 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 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 (13%). 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, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140620
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 09 '19 at 14:15
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Memory 95.6 1-Core 129 2-Core 255 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 504 8-Core 491 67% 498 Pts	64-Core 512 32% 512 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8506) CLim: 1593 MHz, MLim: 1977 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	67.3% Good	Lighting 84.9 Reflection 90.3 Parallax 80.5 69% 85.2 fps	MRender 85.1 Gravity 78.5 Splatting 72 64% 78.5 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$122 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 169GB free Firmware: EMT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 338 462 466 380 156 169 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 460 Mixed 429 SusWrite 328 96% 427 MB/s	4K Read 50 4K Write 149 4K Mixed 72 247% 90.5 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 75.2 135% 267 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 133%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 83GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 27 26 35 33 35 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 486 Mixed 374 SusWrite 54.9 79% 354 MB/s	4K Read 47.9 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 62.6 223% 80.9 MB/s	DQ Read 327 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 241 201% 291 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 109GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 116 171 183 168 121 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Read 155 Write 133 Mixed 84 SusWrite 146 95% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 167% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 112%

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 @ 1648 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65.4% Good	MC Read 22.6 MC Write 23.8 MC Mixed 20.6 64% 22.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 23.5 SC Mixed 20 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 55.1 73% 55.1 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 65.4% 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%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-A - $150

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,315x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,194x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	793x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	342x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	309x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	272x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	202x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	138x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	250x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	152x
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 $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16