Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	30% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	130% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

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. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	27.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '19 at 02:54
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	Memory 94.6 1-Core 136 2-Core 271 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 471 8-Core 714 74% 593 Pts	64-Core 716 44% 716 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1656 MHz, MLim: 1927 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 417.35 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	30% Below average	Lighting 17.1 Reflection 87 Parallax 77 14% 60.4 fps	MRender 81.5 Gravity 75.9 Splatting 69.3 61% 75.6 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 30% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 343GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 459 480 479 470 455 421 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 486 Mixed 452 SusWrite 461 107% 476 MB/s	4K Read 43.5 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 61.5 211% 76.7 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 350 266% 359 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%
WD WD1600AVCS-632DY1 160GB 45 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 50GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 62 63 64 62 63 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	35.3% Below average	Read 60.5 Write 64 Mixed 46 SusWrite 62.6 43% 58.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.3 70% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 49%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 867GB free Firmware: 2AR20002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 96 99 99 95 97 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	54.6% Above average	Read 93 Write 96.5 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 97.2 62% 85.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 169% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-10666CL9-8GBXL 0420 F3-10666CL9-8GBXL 0420 F3-12800CL10-8GBXL 0420 F3-12800CL10-8GBXL 32GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1333, 1333, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	61.4% Good	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 18.2 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 23.3 SC Mixed 20.9 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 58.3 69% 58.3 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 61.4% 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%

Speed boat

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