Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 132% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 113% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 87%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	153% 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	174% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	28 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 15 '19 at 08:53
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Memory 96 1-Core 134 2-Core 267 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 420 8-Core 694 68% 557 Pts	64-Core 702 44% 702 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% EVGA(3842 2383) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	153% Outstanding	Lighting 209 Reflection 226 Parallax 231 170% 222 fps	MRender 252 Gravity 210 Splatting 142 158% 201 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 153% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2018)-$37 23,087 User benchmarks, average bench 233% 152GB free (System drive) Firmware: 101110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 673 594 606 591 580 583 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	174% Outstanding	Read 729 Write 721 Mixed 708 SusWrite 604 156% 690 MB/s	4K Read 46.6 4K Write 151 4K Mixed 69.4 240% 89.1 MB/s	DQ Read 777 DQ Write 736 DQ Mixed 1,030 698% 848 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 174% Great: 284%
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 291GB free Firmware: X41320RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 230 251 253 259 261 262 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 486 Mixed 355 SusWrite 253 89% 398 MB/s	4K Read 39.4 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 54 195% 72.9 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 295 DQ Mixed 242 208% 308 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 107%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 87GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 230 251 254 259 262 262 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 487 Mixed 417 SusWrite 253 93% 416 MB/s	4K Read 49.1 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 68.7 233% 83.5 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 360 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 134%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$129 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 74GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 230 250 253 259 262 261 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 493 Mixed 471 SusWrite 253 97% 433 MB/s	4K Read 46.2 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 66.4 228% 83.6 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 362 273% 365 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 133%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 992055 (997055) 4x8GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2000 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	71.6% Very good	MC Read 27.1 MC Write 26.3 MC Mixed 20.4 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 24.1 SC Mixed 23.3 64% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 54.1 74% 54.1 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 60%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical Z97-A Builds (Compare 5,012 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	2,303x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,183x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	789x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	341x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	307x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	270x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	201x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	136x

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 $275	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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