Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	1.49% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	115% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	29.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 29 '19 at 10:24
Run Duration	198 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Memory 91.8 1-Core 115 2-Core 224 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 431 8-Core 601 65% 516 Pts	64-Core 604 37% 604 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon R5 200 109 User benchmarks, average bench 2% MSI(1462 8099) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1046.0 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.49% Terrible	Lighting 1.97 Reflection 1.96 Parallax 1.91 2% 1.94 fps	MRender 1.67 Gravity 1.57 Splatting 1.48 1% 1.57 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.49% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ct240bx3 0 240GB 112 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 94GB free (System drive) Firmware: M2CR SusWrite @10s intervals: 447 293 169 285 188 246 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 521 Write 478 Mixed 444 SusWrite 271 96% 429 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 150 4K Mixed 55.7 204% 80.2 MB/s	DQ Read 315 DQ Write 352 DQ Mixed 292 231% 320 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 114%
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 44GB free Firmware: 583A SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 71 92 88 84 81 MB/s Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	68.6% Good	Read 253 Write 90.5 Mixed 178 SusWrite 85.6 34% 152 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 39.5 162% 63.8 MB/s	DQ Read 92.8 DQ Write 88.3 DQ Mixed 95 70% 92 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 381GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 132 121 133 126 129 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	76.9% Very good	Read 141 Write 109 Mixed 74 SusWrite 128 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 114%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 173GB free Firmware: MS2O SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 168 156 167 160 165 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	94.3% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 132 Mixed 32.8 SusWrite 164 89% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 139% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 107%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 32GB-$9 66,405 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 20GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 30 25 28 23 28 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	14.6% Very poor	Read 35.8 Write 25.8 Mixed 15.8 SusWrite 27 34% 26.1 MB/s	4K Read 8.5 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.2 55% 3.07 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 14.6% Great: 28%
ST916082 1AS 160GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 113GB free, PID 2338 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 40 36 40 38 38 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	16.4% Very poor	Read 40.5 Write 39 Mixed 25.3 SusWrite 38.1 48% 35.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.6 46% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 16.4% Great: 16%
ST310005 28AS 1TB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 201GB free, PID 1010 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 39 35 39 37 38 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	19% Very poor	Read 40.5 Write 38.8 Mixed 30 SusWrite 38 50% 36.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 1 88% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 19% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D169DS3.16FE 4x8GB 353 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	61% Good	MC Read 22 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.7 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 20.6 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 63%

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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	2,309x
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	790x
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 $179	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