Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 137% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 118% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 89.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	155% 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	180% 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	28.6 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 09:44
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 (99^th percentile)	89.7% Excellent	Memory 96.6 1-Core 133 2-Core 264 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 722 72% 584 Pts	64-Core 723 45% 723 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.7% 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 (45^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	155% Outstanding	Lighting 211 Reflection 224 Parallax 231 172% 222 fps	MRender 260 Gravity 209 Splatting 142 160% 204 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 155% 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% 153GB free (System drive) Firmware: 101110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 684 686 693 704 703 680 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	180% Outstanding	Read 731 Write 722 Mixed 712 SusWrite 691 161% 714 MB/s	4K Read 46.8 4K Write 154 4K Mixed 69.7 242% 90.1 MB/s	DQ Read 777 DQ Write 731 DQ Mixed 1,041 703% 850 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 180% Great: 284%
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 291GB free Firmware: X41320RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 231 229 230 230 229 236 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 494 Mixed 351 SusWrite 231 89% 396 MB/s	4K Read 39.7 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 54.5 198% 74.3 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 294 DQ Mixed 244 209% 309 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 107%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 87GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 231 229 230 230 230 236 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 490 Mixed 416 SusWrite 231 92% 411 MB/s	4K Read 49.6 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 69.8 237% 85.6 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 261 DQ Mixed 361 259% 334 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 134%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 74GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 231 229 230 230 230 236 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 495 Mixed 469 SusWrite 231 96% 428 MB/s	4K Read 46.6 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 67.4 232% 85.1 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 363 273% 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)	74.9% Very good	MC Read 27.1 MC Write 27.3 MC Mixed 22.5 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.8 SC Write 25.2 SC Mixed 26.5 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 51.7 77% 51.7 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 74.9% 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 5,030 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	1,190x
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	308x

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	137x

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 $269	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16