Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 114% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 98% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 91.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	125% 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	137% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	26.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 24 '19 at 21:33
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing as expected (54^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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 140 2-Core 269 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 463 8-Core 733 74% 598 Pts	64-Core 740 46% 740 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$270 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 8660) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3850 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	125% Outstanding	Lighting 169 Reflection 156 Parallax 162 138% 162 fps	MRender 195 Gravity 141 Splatting 106 116% 147 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 143GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 473 323 328 252 267 326 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Read 649 Write 563 Mixed 476 SusWrite 328 113% 504 MB/s	4K Read 40 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 58 192% 68.5 MB/s	DQ Read 776 DQ Write 639 DQ Mixed 786 567% 733 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 236%
WDC WD40EMAZ-51TKPB0 4TB 122 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 169 172 127 144 172 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	11.2% Very poor	Read 13.3 Write 180 Mixed 5 SusWrite 159 21% 89.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 0.7 3% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 11.2% Great: 24%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 742GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 137 141 110 114 135 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 52.2 Write 90.5 SusWrite 129 65% 90.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1.2 228% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 39% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 4x8GB 8,984 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	MC Read 28.4 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 24.5 77% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.6 SC Write 25.9 SC Mixed 25.8 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 52.4 76% 52.4 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 78.1% 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%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-A - $150

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,330x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,201x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	422x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	797x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	344x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	310x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	275x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	203x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	139x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	252x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	154x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	120x

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Total price: $798

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Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $369