Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 135% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 115% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 85%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	163% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	160% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 14 '19 at 01:21
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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 (89^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Memory 94.1 1-Core 132 2-Core 255 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 409 8-Core 678 66% 544 Pts	64-Core 674 42% 674 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% MSI(1462 3715) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 425.31 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	163% Outstanding	Lighting 227 Reflection 236 Parallax 244 185% 235 fps	MRender 264 Gravity 224 Splatting 142 164% 210 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 163% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$190 33,949 User benchmarks, average bench 217% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 471 550 561 567 404 437 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	160% Outstanding	Read 711 Write 611 Mixed 582 SusWrite 498 135% 600 MB/s	4K Read 48.6 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 70 230% 81.3 MB/s	DQ Read 775 DQ Write 540 DQ Mixed 320 330% 545 MB/s
Poor: 154% ↑ This bench: 160% Great: 282%
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 118GB free Firmware: 070H SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 168 161 173 168 176 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	64.3% Good	Read 449 Write 183 Mixed 217 SusWrite 168 56% 254 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 98.6 4K Mixed 14.9 106% 45.6 MB/s	DQ Read 131 DQ Write 115 DQ Mixed 28 47% 91.2 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 72%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 233GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 232 254 262 260 274 272 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 455 Mixed 359 SusWrite 259 88% 391 MB/s	4K Read 41.4 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 51.7 193% 71.1 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 362 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 124%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 415GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 160 159 159 159 159 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 178 Mixed 111 SusWrite 159 116% 157 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 241% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 363GB free Firmware: CC29 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 175 174 174 174 174 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Read 151 Write 117 Mixed 79.3 SusWrite 174 95% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 23,732 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	59.7% Above average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 18.1 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 23.5 SC Mixed 19.3 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 59.6 67% 59.6 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 61%

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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	1,185x
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 $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 $178	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