Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 80%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	60.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	81.8% 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	May 16 '19 at 01:17
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80% Very good	Memory 94.8 1-Core 106 2-Core 211 80% 137 Pts	4-Core 374 8-Core 398 51% 386 Pts	64-Core 404 25% 404 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 56,417 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 371A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	60.4% Good	Lighting 76 Reflection 77.5 Parallax 67.6 62% 73.7 fps	MRender 71.6 Gravity 69.6 Splatting 69 57% 70.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 136GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 265 202 211 261 217 219 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Read 379 Write 129 Mixed 344 SusWrite 229 60% 270 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 83.6 4K Mixed 35.1 132% 49 MB/s	DQ Read 244 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 210 176% 251 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 100%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 414GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 125 124 126 127 128 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	76.7% Very good	Read 141 Write 140 Mixed 20 SusWrite 126 77% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 153% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 108%
Seagate BUP Slim BL 1TB 4,375 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 123GB free Firmware: 0304 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 97 97 95 96 97 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	53.2% Above average	Read 89 Write 62.2 Mixed 50.7 SusWrite 96.1 55% 74.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 123% 1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 64%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 1,970 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 441GB free, PID 0212 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 38 36 38 38 38 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	15.7% Very poor	Read 30 Write 34.5 Mixed 13.2 SusWrite 37.6 39% 28.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.4 50% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 15.7% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 0619 SLB304G08-EDJ1B 1319 CL9-9-9 D3-1600 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1600, 1333, 1600 MHz 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	40.2% Average	MC Read 13 MC Write 13.4 MC Mixed 12.1 37% 12.8 GB/s	SC Read 11.9 SC Write 13.7 SC Mixed 12.9 37% 12.8 GB/s	Latency 57.5 70% 57.5 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 40.2% Great: 40%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

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