Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 83.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.4% 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	68.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	20.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 14 '19 at 18:49
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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 above expectations (78^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Memory 95.2 1-Core 127 2-Core 241 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 386 8-Core 586 60% 486 Pts	64-Core 644 40% 644 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1435) CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 111 Parallax 94.7 89% 105 fps	MRender 93.2 Gravity 101 Splatting 102 81% 98.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
ssd 512GB 4,609 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 412GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 337 295 103 87 95 114 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	68.6% Good	Read 200 Write 107 Mixed 348 SusWrite 172 47% 206 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 62.4 4K Mixed 30.8 118% 41 MB/s	DQ Read 302 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 217 191% 285 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 96%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 577GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 178 178 178 180 178 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 201 Write 156 Mixed 109 SusWrite 178 118% 161 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 199% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 109%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2.5TB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 181 186 182 185 181 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	Read 159 Write 165 Mixed 46.5 SusWrite 182 100% 138 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.5 143% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 107%
Toshiba X300 5TB-$125 12,743 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 168 169 169 169 169 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Read 131 Write 132 Mixed 50.7 SusWrite 168 87% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 229% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 109%
Hitachi HUS724030ALE641 3TB 13,833 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2.5TB free Firmware: MJ8OA5F0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 138 138 139 138 137 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	Read 129 Write 152 Mixed 73.5 SusWrite 138 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 148% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 89%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GB 6,467 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	71.9% Very good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 27.5 MC Mixed 23.4 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 20.7 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 56.6 71% 56.6 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 65%

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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%

Speed boat

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	1,185x
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