Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	44.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	109% 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	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 (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	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140930
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 17 '19 at 06:38
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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)	90.4% Outstanding	Memory 94.3 1-Core 135 2-Core 255 91% 161 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 717 73% 591 Pts	64-Core 715 44% 715 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 570-$130 473,685 User benchmarks, average bench 45% ASRock(1849 5026) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1244 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.3.4 Performing below potential (44^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	44.4% Average	Lighting 54 Reflection 64.6 Parallax 67.4 44% 62 fps	MRender 64.8 Gravity 49.7 Splatting 52.8 45% 55.8 fps
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 49%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 460A 240GB-$177 1,086 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 84GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 387 463 434 489 449 462 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 432 Write 475 Mixed 350 SusWrite 447 96% 426 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 39.2 158% 63.5 MB/s	DQ Read 361 DQ Write 353 DQ Mixed 281 232% 332 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 108%
Seagate NAS HDD 3TB-$119 3,343 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 1.5TB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 109 110 110 110 110 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	59% Above average	Read 96.1 Write 91.5 Mixed 67.8 SusWrite 110 67% 91.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 117% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 169 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	62.6% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 19 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 22.1 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 59.1 68% 59.1 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 63%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

Jet ski

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 $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