Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	106% 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	47.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 10 '19 at 18:05
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Memory 84.1 1-Core 128 2-Core 250 85% 154 Pts	4-Core 506 8-Core 503 68% 504 Pts	64-Core 494 31% 494 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	106% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 144 Parallax 123 113% 135 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 134 Splatting 107 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 120GB (2016)-$84 21,990 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z3311000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 101 90 89 91 88 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	47.1% Average	Read 481 Write 170 Mixed 248 SusWrite 90 54% 247 MB/s	4K Read 20.2 4K Write 10.3 4K Mixed 11.1 50% 13.9 MB/s	DQ Read 158 DQ Write 177 DQ Mixed 33.3 62% 123 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 71%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159 43,620 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 440GB free Firmware: GM4OA57A SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 88 89 89 89 88 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	51.3% Above average	Read 90 Write 90.8 Mixed 47 SusWrite 88.5 58% 79.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 178% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 51%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 190 188 189 185 188 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 146 Mixed 82.5 SusWrite 188 109% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 20,728 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	60.8% Good	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 19.6 61% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 17.9 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 73.2 55% 73.2 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 62%

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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	1,186x
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