Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 92.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	61.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	90.6% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 19 '19 at 03:59
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Memory 98.1 1-Core 129 2-Core 258 91% 161 Pts	4-Core 500 8-Core 498 67% 499 Pts	64-Core 493 30% 493 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AC) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61.4% Good	Lighting 77.3 Reflection 77.3 Parallax 67.8 63% 74.2 fps	MRender 71.4 Gravity 71.1 Splatting 70.7 58% 71.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 364GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 294 252 256 226 249 251 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Read 363 Write 391 Mixed 343 SusWrite 255 76% 338 MB/s	4K Read 35.6 4K Write 82.4 4K Mixed 45.4 156% 54.5 MB/s	DQ Read 273 DQ Write 271 DQ Mixed 212 176% 252 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 102%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 16GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 506 Write 477 Mixed 439 106% 474 MB/s	4K Read 47 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 60.9 215% 77.1 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 234 212% 321 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
Crucial MX300 750GB-$99 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 50GB free Firmware: M0CR060 SusWrite @10s intervals: 460 473 364 273 284 287 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 406 Write 300 Mixed 386 SusWrite 357 82% 362 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 44.1 167% 66.2 MB/s	DQ Read 351 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 341 255% 339 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 104%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$63 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 26GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 56 55 55 56 78 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	33.9% Below average	Read 58.7 Write 60 Mixed 47 SusWrite 59.2 42% 56.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 121% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 33.9% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 24,592 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90% Outstanding	MC Read 32.3 MC Write 34.4 MC Mixed 29.1 91% 31.9 GB/s	SC Read 22 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 26.4 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 45.4 88% 45.4 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 88%

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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