Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 141% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 116% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 92.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
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	179% 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	Aug 10 '19 at 10:37
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^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 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	Memory 94.4 1-Core 137 2-Core 281 94% 171 Pts	4-Core 497 8-Core 663 74% 580 Pts	64-Core 655 40% 655 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.6% 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: 431.60 Performing below potential (49^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	155% Outstanding	Lighting 213 Reflection 226 Parallax 229 173% 223 fps	MRender 256 Gravity 212 Splatting 144 161% 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% 114GB free (System drive) Firmware: 101110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 702 704 713 727 718 553 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	179% Outstanding	Read 730 Write 725 Mixed 707 SusWrite 686 161% 712 MB/s	4K Read 46.7 4K Write 154 4K Mixed 69.9 242% 90 MB/s	DQ Read 777 DQ Write 724 DQ Mixed 1,041 702% 847 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 179% Great: 284%
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 291GB free Firmware: X41320RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 323 322 323 288 311 305 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 492 Mixed 347 SusWrite 312 93% 415 MB/s	4K Read 40.2 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 55.5 202% 75.6 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 296 DQ Mixed 245 209% 309 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 107%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 4GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 445 Write 251 Mixed 422 83% 373 MB/s	4K Read 47.8 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 69.2 233% 84.5 MB/s	DQ Read 551 DQ Write 504 DQ Mixed 520 392% 525 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 74GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 324 324 324 345 336 384 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 496 Mixed 472 SusWrite 339 103% 457 MB/s	4K Read 46.9 4K Write 144 4K Mixed 67.9 234% 86.1 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 363 274% 366 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 131% 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 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	61.3% Good	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 18.2 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 23.4 SC Mixed 21 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 58.7 68% 58.7 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 61.3% 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 5,031 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	2,313x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,191x
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 $254	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