Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 88%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	94.7% 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	88.8% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	28.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 26 '19 at 00:24
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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 (98^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Memory 96.4 1-Core 128 2-Core 225 87% 150 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 686 68% 557 Pts	64-Core 688 43% 688 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% EVGA(3842 2167) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 419.67 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 111 Parallax 111 99% 115 fps	MRender 137 Gravity 103 Splatting 84.5 86% 108 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 151GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 200 222 213 222 216 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Read 399 Write 250 Mixed 275 SusWrite 206 63% 283 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 41.1 161% 59.5 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 218 DQ Mixed 154 141% 217 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 91%
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 102GB free Firmware: DC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 46 48 49 48 49 49 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	34.4% Below average	Read 408 Write 48.5 Mixed 84.8 SusWrite 48.1 32% 147 MB/s	4K Read 36.9 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.8 57% 12.7 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 34.4% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 212GB free Firmware: CC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 106 107 107 108 108 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	59.5% Above average	Read 101 Write 102 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 107 68% 93.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 174% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 70%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 1TB 18,390 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 120GB free Firmware: 0108 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 61 62 62 62 62 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	39.9% Below average	Read 76.7 Write 97.8 Mixed 106 SusWrite 61.5 64% 85.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.4 137% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 63%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 1TB 18,390 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 32GB free Firmware: 0108 SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 59 57 57 57 72 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	35.9% Below average	Read 65.3 Write 111 Mixed 98 SusWrite 58.9 62% 83.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 0.6 145% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 35.9% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 6,625 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	MC Read 29.2 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 24.8 79% 27.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 24.1 SC Mixed 25.4 65% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 52.4 76% 52.4 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 62%

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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%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-A - $150

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,303x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,184x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	789x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	341x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	307x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	270x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	201x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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