Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 94.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	95.6% 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	75.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Jan 18 '19 at 20:29
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Memory 98.7 1-Core 129 2-Core 253 91% 160 Pts	4-Core 484 8-Core 696 74% 590 Pts	64-Core 696 43% 696 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1435) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 123 Parallax 105 100% 117 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 107 Splatting 108 86% 105 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Geil ZENITH A3-120GBB 120GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 141 141 115 141 141 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	75.6% Very good	Read 465 Write 142 Mixed 204 SusWrite 137 52% 237 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 99.5 4K Mixed 30.9 131% 52.1 MB/s	DQ Read 258 DQ Write 143 DQ Mixed 151 126% 184 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 81%
OCZ Vertex 3 MAX IOPS 240GB-$160 1,284 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 88GB free Firmware: 2.15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 205 215 223 217 227 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Read 426 Write 242 Mixed 257 SusWrite 214 63% 285 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 38 156% 60.2 MB/s	DQ Read 310 DQ Write 225 DQ Mixed 266 199% 267 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 91%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 89GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 396 269 292 293 234 198 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 461 Write 451 Mixed 400 SusWrite 280 90% 398 MB/s	4K Read 39 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 55 193% 71.2 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 360 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 356GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 166 163 167 167 168 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 144 Mixed 86.2 SusWrite 165 104% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 167% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 2400 C9 4x4GB 277 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	MC Read 32.2 MC Write 32.7 MC Mixed 27.4 88% 30.8 GB/s	SC Read 21.4 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 29 71% 24.7 GB/s	Latency 42.8 94% 42.8 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 88.1% Great: 113%

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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	2,331x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,201x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	422x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	797x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	345x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	310x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	275x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	203x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	139x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	252x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	154x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	120x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $798

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