Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 87.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	95% 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	75.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140930
Uptime	3.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 12 '19 at 08:34
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^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 (100^th percentile)	87.6% Excellent	Memory 94.5 1-Core 128 2-Core 250 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 464 8-Core 476 63% 470 Pts	64-Core 477 30% 477 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 87.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Asus(1043 868E) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 419.17 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	95% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 116 Parallax 119 99% 119 fps	MRender 138 Gravity 104 Splatting 86.8 87% 109 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX900 128GB-$103 6,500 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.8.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 99 109 109 105 112 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	75.9% Very good	Read 413 Write 127 Mixed 201 SusWrite 106 46% 212 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 39 150% 56.9 MB/s	DQ Read 176 DQ Write 135 DQ Mixed 131 104% 147 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 152 151 151 152 153 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Read 152 Write 113 Mixed 78.3 SusWrite 152 91% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 154% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC29 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 176 177 178 179 177 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 139 Mixed 87.1 SusWrite 176 106% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 144 142 143 144 149 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	65.5% Good	Read 83.7 Write 136 Mixed 70.5 SusWrite 143 80% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 0.6 224% 2.37 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GB 37,489 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	35.6% Below average	MC Read 11.4 MC Write 11.8 MC Mixed 10.1 32% 11.1 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 12.1 SC Mixed 11.4 33% 11.5 GB/s	Latency 58.5 68% 58.5 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 35.6% Great: 35%

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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	2,313x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,193x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	793x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	342x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	309x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	272x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	202x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	138x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	250x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	152x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16