Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78.9% 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	71.7% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150424
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 16 '19 at 12:00
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	16%

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PC Performing as expected (58^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Memory 95.8 1-Core 123 2-Core 241 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 433 8-Core 436 58% 434 Pts	64-Core 465 29% 465 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Asus(1043 868B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 418.91 Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.9% Very good	Lighting 112 Reflection 61 Parallax 49.5 92% 74.3 fps	MRender 75.5 Gravity 52.9 Splatting 69 54% 65.8 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 330 Series 120GB-$188 11,188 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: 300i SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 89 85 96 87 105 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	71.7% Very good	Read 316 Write 121 Mixed 189 SusWrite 87.6 39% 179 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 41 152% 57.9 MB/s	DQ Read 199 DQ Write 109 DQ Mixed 156 115% 155 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 80%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 608GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 243 441 441 440 423 439 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 459 Write 455 Mixed 436 SusWrite 405 99% 439 MB/s	4K Read 41.5 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 57.8 202% 74.3 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 360 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 133%
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB-$249 29,211 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 233GB free Firmware: MN6OA5C0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 95 97 96 98 98 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	40.9% Average	Read 52.8 Write 73.7 Mixed 2.5 SusWrite 90.3 39% 54.8 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.8 93% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 85%
Hitachi HMS5C4040BLE640 4TB 902 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 1.5TB free Firmware: MPAOA5D0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 104 101 102 103 101 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	61.4% Good	Read 120 Write 116 Mixed 21.7 SusWrite 95.1 64% 88 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.6 78% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 73%
WD My Passport 0820 2TB 18,744 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 735GB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 93 93 92 90 93 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	35.4% Below average	Read 73 Write 1 Mixed 47.7 SusWrite 86.7 66% 52.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 97% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 35.4% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	71.8% Very good	MC Read 25.4 MC Write 26.4 MC Mixed 23.2 71% 25 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 22.6 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 54.7 73% 54.7 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 72%

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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%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-A - $150

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,310x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,186x
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 $295	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