Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 146% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 121% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 93.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	159% 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	77.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	20.3 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140930
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 24 '19 at 05:44
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (84^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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Memory 97.5 1-Core 130 2-Core 260 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 484 8-Core 691 74% 587 Pts	64-Core 690 43% 690 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Gigabyte(1458 37A9) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 430.39 Performing below potential (63^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	159% Outstanding	Lighting 217 Reflection 245 Parallax 253 177% 238 fps	MRender 265 Gravity 228 Splatting 148 167% 213 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 159% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: 600ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 63 56 68 50 71 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	77.1% Very good	Read 388 Write 199 Mixed 213 SusWrite 66.9 48% 217 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 42.3 161% 62.2 MB/s	DQ Read 167 DQ Write 197 DQ Mixed 138 116% 167 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 85%
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 92GB free Firmware: Z32080RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 254 83 80 80 83 86 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	67.4% Good	Read 341 Write 402 Mixed 209 SusWrite 111 60% 266 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 22.9 128% 53.4 MB/s	DQ Read 135 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 31.8 75% 150 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 78%
WD Blue 3D 1TB-$100 16,039 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 459GB free Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 372 477 471 490 488 490 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 480 Write 342 Mixed 374 SusWrite 465 93% 415 MB/s	4K Read 37.8 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 42.4 177% 68 MB/s	DQ Read 303 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 256 209% 296 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 121%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMY16GX3M2A2400C11 0215 CMY16GX3M2A2400C11 1315 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 1315 BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 24GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	74.3% Very good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 26.6 MC Mixed 22.8 73% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 24.1 SC Mixed 24.8 65% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 48.3 83% 48.3 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 74%

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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	2,317x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,194x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	794x
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	273x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	202x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	138x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	251x
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 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16