Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	68.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	6.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140930
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 29 '19 at 08:52
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Memory 94.5 1-Core 128 2-Core 251 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 485 63% 476 Pts	64-Core 464 29% 464 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Asus(1043 868E) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	84.8% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 115 Parallax 99.5 86% 107 fps	MRender 133 Gravity 90.8 Splatting 83.3 82% 103 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX900 128GB-$103 6,500 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.8.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 106 100 119 120 120 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	68.4% Good	Read 374 Write 152 Mixed 194 SusWrite 115 46% 209 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 97.9 4K Mixed 30.7 131% 51.6 MB/s	DQ Read 176 DQ Write 127 DQ Mixed 124 100% 142 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$61 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 845GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 152 152 151 152 152 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	86% Excellent	Read 148 Write 109 Mixed 79.8 SusWrite 152 90% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$61 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC29 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 177 177 178 178 178 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 136 Mixed 87.6 SusWrite 178 105% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 148 149 148 147 145 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	66.1% Good	Read 83.2 Write 115 Mixed 68.6 SusWrite 146 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 0.6 177% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GB 37,489 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	35.8% Below average	MC Read 11.7 MC Write 11.8 MC Mixed 10 32% 11.2 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 12.1 SC Mixed 10.7 33% 11.5 GB/s	Latency 58.6 68% 58.6 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 35%

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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	2,313x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,193x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	793x
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	272x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	202x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	138x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	250x
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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16