Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 123% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 102% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 93.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	131% 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	118% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	27.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 18 '19 at 20:30
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	ISR-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (82^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.8% Outstanding	Memory 97.6 1-Core 124 2-Core 244 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 486 8-Core 688 74% 587 Pts	64-Core 686 42% 686 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 93.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Titan Xp 8,552 User benchmarks, average bench 128% Nvidia(10DE 123F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2852 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	131% Outstanding	Lighting 182 Reflection 192 Parallax 196 148% 190 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 185 Splatting 133 119% 147 fps
Poor: 114% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 140%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 250GB-$40 77,177 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 96GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 425 444 453 463 464 226 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 468 Mixed 448 SusWrite 412 104% 461 MB/s	4K Read 43.2 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 59.2 205% 74.2 MB/s	DQ Read 41.1 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 74.7 93% 154 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 123%
Transcend TS480GSSD220S 480GB 5,978 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 101GB free Firmware: P0330AA SusWrite @10s intervals: 415 164 76 78 78 79 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 434 Mixed 390 SusWrite 148 82% 367 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 51.9 180% 67 MB/s	DQ Read 136 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 145 136% 204 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 95%
Seagate ST2000LM003 HN-M201RAD 2TB 50,772 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 317GB free Firmware: 2BE10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 99 102 103 102 103 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	63.9% Good	Read 121 Write 83.2 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 101 68% 92.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 4.8 4K Mixed 0.8 203% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 70%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 876GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 87 87 91 57 51 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	59.2% Above average	Read 132 Write 111 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 73.8 62% 86.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.5 107% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown SP008GXLYU24ANSA 4x8GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	86.5% Excellent	MC Read 32.1 MC Write 32.2 MC Mixed 27 87% 30.4 GB/s	SC Read 20.9 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 28.1 70% 24.4 GB/s	Latency 47.7 84% 47.7 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 86%

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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	2,310x
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 $40	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