Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 121% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 101% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 90.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	135% 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	97.4% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	29.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	May 18 '19 at 16:45
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	ARG-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 (99^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Memory 96.3 1-Core 132 2-Core 247 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 455 8-Core 682 71% 568 Pts	64-Core 692 43% 692 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Lighting 191 Reflection 204 Parallax 186 156% 194 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 186 Splatting 132 121% 149 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 393 391 414 401 402 396 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	97.4% Outstanding	Read 456 Write 433 Mixed 335 SusWrite 400 91% 406 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 38.6 140% 55 MB/s	DQ Read 179 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 219 179% 248 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 124%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 532GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 99 100 101 102 101 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	57.3% Above average	Read 98.7 Write 99.8 Mixed 76 SusWrite 100 69% 93.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 180% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 83%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 285GB free Firmware: 01.03A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 114 117 119 117 117 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	67% Good	Read 116 Write 113 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 117 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 187% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 60%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2TB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 183 189 189 187 192 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 176 Mixed 31 SusWrite 188 102% 142 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.7 168% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 107%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 591GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 74 73 75 75 75 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	35.8% Below average	Read 50.5 Write 50.8 Mixed 39.5 SusWrite 73.9 40% 53.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 127% 1 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1866 C9 4x8GB 516 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	70.4% Very good	MC Read 25.2 MC Write 25.5 MC Mixed 21.6 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 23.1 63% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 52.8 76% 52.8 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 85%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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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 $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