Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	20.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	73.7% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 14 '19 at 19:53
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Memory 93.2 1-Core 126 2-Core 253 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 421 8-Core 608 64% 515 Pts	64-Core 636 39% 636 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760 (192-bit) 10,656 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Asus(1043 8477) 3GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	20.8% Poor	Lighting 24.3 Reflection 24.3 Parallax 30.9 20% 26.5 fps	MRender 33.3 Gravity 29.1 Splatting 22.7 23% 28.4 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 20.8% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force MP300 NVMe PCIe M.2 120GB-$75 4,196 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: E8FM11.7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 186 161 128 133 127 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	73.7% Very good	Read 426 Write 115 Mixed 158 SusWrite 154 47% 213 MB/s	4K Read 19.2 4K Write 86.5 4K Mixed 39.6 126% 48.4 MB/s	DQ Read 205 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 145 116% 164 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 128%
Adata SP900 256GB-$300 9,430 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 16GB free Firmware: 5.6.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 203 232 232 227 213 209 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Read 374 Write 274 Mixed 297 SusWrite 219 65% 291 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 43.1 162% 61 MB/s	DQ Read 268 DQ Write 242 DQ Mixed 253 190% 254 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 89%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 144 143 142 145 144 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Read 143 Write 106 Mixed 75.3 SusWrite 143 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 114%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 193GB free Firmware: 12.01C02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 69 69 70 69 70 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	39% Below average	Read 66.2 Write 68 Mixed 52.7 SusWrite 69.2 47% 64 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 69%
WD WD3200AAJB-00J3A0 320GB 1,313 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 176GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.9 4 4 4 3.9 4 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	2.4% Terrible	Read 3.8 Write 3.8 Mixed 3.7 SusWrite 3.9 3% 3.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 2.4% Great: 46%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GB 27,462 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	58.8% Above average	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 17.8 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 17.7 50% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 61.7 65% 61.7 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 60%

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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 $300	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