Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 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 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 82.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	94.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	107% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	4.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140930
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '19 at 09:19
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing way above expectations (89^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, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Memory 92.8 1-Core 116 2-Core 226 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 423 8-Core 425 57% 424 Pts	64-Core 433 27% 433 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% Sapphire(1DA2 E37F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1630 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.12.2 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Lighting 115 Reflection 90.1 Parallax 181 94% 129 fps	MRender 89.1 Gravity 126 Splatting 128 96% 114 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 348 223 190 178 146 133 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 474 Write 441 Mixed 376 SusWrite 203 84% 374 MB/s	4K Read 42.6 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 56.4 191% 66.9 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 363 273% 364 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 12GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 474 Write 443 Mixed 392 97% 436 MB/s	4K Read 45.2 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 60.1 202% 70.5 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 362 273% 364 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 284GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 403 454 471 485 487 488 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	136% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 488 Mixed 461 SusWrite 464 109% 482 MB/s	4K Read 46.5 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 66.1 226% 81.9 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 363 274% 366 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 133%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3 1600 2x4GB 3,616 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1632 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	60.3% Good	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.1 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 18.8 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 60%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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%

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