Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 113% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (95th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 5 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 96.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	118% 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	81.6% 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	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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140930
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 25 '19 at 16:20
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing way above expectations (95^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 134 2-Core 272 93% 168 Pts	4-Core 526 8-Core 724 79% 626 Pts	64-Core 722 45% 722 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% MSI(1462 3732) CLim: 2265 MHz, MLim: 3575 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.39 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Lighting 154 Reflection 138 Parallax 139 125% 144 fps	MRender 187 Gravity 140 Splatting 111 116% 146 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 117GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0105A SusWrite @10s intervals: 338 122 89 49 50 57 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Read 504 Write 458 Mixed 423 SusWrite 118 84% 376 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 33.7 164% 66.1 MB/s	DQ Read 220 DQ Write 12.3 DQ Mixed 0.9 30% 77.7 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 100%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 115GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 377 293 295 296 295 296 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 488 Mixed 416 SusWrite 309 96% 429 MB/s	4K Read 49.8 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 69.4 237% 85.3 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 359 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 835GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 180 179 181 180 181 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 214 Write 167 Mixed 111 SusWrite 180 123% 168 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.2 239% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 930GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 183 181 184 184 183 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 182 Mixed 121 SusWrite 182 124% 168 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.2 240% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 8,026 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	70.9% Very good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 25.7 MC Mixed 21.8 69% 24.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 25.3 SC Mixed 22.1 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 51.7 77% 51.7 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 71%

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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 $94Bench 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