Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 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 89.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	70.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	131% 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	27.5 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 03:38
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way above expectations (88^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 (99^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Memory 94.8 1-Core 136 2-Core 274 94% 169 Pts	4-Core 455 8-Core 722 72% 588 Pts	64-Core 724 45% 724 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.7% 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: 1631 MHz, MLim: 1852 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	70.7% Very good	Lighting 89.3 Reflection 95.5 Parallax 83.6 73% 89.5 fps	MRender 88.4 Gravity 82 Splatting 76.5 67% 82.3 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 347GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 478 479 472 467 475 475 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 486 Mixed 457 SusWrite 475 108% 480 MB/s	4K Read 43.5 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 62.7 212% 76.9 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 348 266% 359 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 133%
WD WD1600AVCS-632DY1 160GB 45 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 50GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 63 61 61 62 63 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	33.9% Below average	Read 55.7 Write 64.3 Mixed 47.2 SusWrite 62.2 42% 57.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 113% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 33.9% Great: 49%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 867GB free Firmware: 2AR20002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 96 95 94 97 97 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	56.1% Above average	Read 99.3 Write 95.8 Mixed 53.2 SusWrite 96 63% 86.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 152% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 56.1% 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	62.4% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 18.5 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 24 SC Mixed 21.8 59% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 57.7 69% 57.7 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 62.4% 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%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus Z97-A - $150

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,309x
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	790x
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 $109Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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