Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 88.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	17.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	3.48% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150424
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 19 '19 at 23:48
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing as expected (56^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 (98^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Memory 95.3 1-Core 136 2-Core 234 89% 155 Pts	4-Core 443 8-Core 608 66% 526 Pts	64-Core 694 43% 694 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Asus(1043 04FB) CLim: 1310 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.2.2 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	17.4% Very poor	Lighting 0.03 Reflection 69 Parallax 83.6 0% 50.9 fps	MRender 68.9 Gravity 65 Splatting 56.3 51% 63.4 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 17.4% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba OCZ TL100 240GB-$56 10,555 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFZ10.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 44 3.5 36 27 5.9 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	3.48% Terrible	Read 19.7 Write 18.3 Mixed 10 SusWrite 24.3 4% 18.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 5.8 4K Mixed 0.6 4% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 3.48% Great: 89%
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 27GB free Firmware: 608ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 114 121 113 113 115 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Read 343 Write 155 Mixed 212 SusWrite 114 46% 206 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 44.4 165% 62.3 MB/s	DQ Read 116 DQ Write 151 DQ Mixed 117 93% 128 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 75%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 284GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 117 117 116 116 116 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	72.7% Very good	Read 137 Write 136 Mixed 36 SusWrite 116 77% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 171% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB 48,796 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	59.1% Above average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 18.5 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 15.4 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 56.1 71% 56.1 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 63%

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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%

Aircraft carrier

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	1,186x
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