Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	82.6% 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	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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. Find active processes with Windows task manager (CTRL+SHIFT+ESC).

Run History

30 days ago, 30 days ago, 4 days ago, 4 days ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	8.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	8.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 10 '19 at 06:12
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

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	Extreme
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 258,479 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 (86^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	1-Core 137 2-Core 245 91% 191 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 650 72% 553 Pts	64-Core 671 45% 671 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 91%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 105,799 User benchmarks, average bench 86% EVGA(3842 2062) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.15 Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Lighting 327 Reflection 278 Parallax 325 86% 310 fps	MRender 275 Gravity 283 Splatting 0.3 83% 186 fps
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 91%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS500G2B0A 500GB 2,985 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 174GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 247 359 411 420 419 420 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 479 Mixed 355 SusWrite 380 96% 429 MB/s	4K Read 40.1 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 53.5 191% 69.9 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 288 235% 335 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 117%
Hitachi HTS545050B9A300 500GB-$69 12,222 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 437GB free Firmware: PB4OC64G SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 81 82 82 82 81 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	46.7% Average	Read 81.3 Write 79 Mixed 42.2 SusWrite 81.3 52% 70.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 124% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 45%
Toshiba MQ01ABD050 500GB-$19 19,244 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 174GB free Firmware: AX003M SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 74 76 76 76 75 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	45.9% Average	Read 85 Write 82.7 Mixed 31 SusWrite 75 50% 68.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 112% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 64%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 16GB 13,222 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 12GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.6 4.8 4.8 5 4.6 4.7 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	12.1% Very poor	Read 37.2 Write 3.7 Mixed 9.2 SusWrite 4.7 13% 13.7 MB/s	4K Read 4.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 2.6 157% 2.93 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 12.1% Great: 16%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 28 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	MC Read 29 MC Write 31.8 MC Mixed 26.5 83% 29.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 25 SC Mixed 25.2 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 47.2 85% 47.2 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 87%

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

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Desktop 76%

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Workstation 52%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-A - $150

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 258,479 samples	6,121x
Core i5-4690KIntel $90Bench 73%, 152,974 samples	4,000x
Core i7-4790Intel $317Bench 69%, 132,824 samples	912x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $399Bench 52%, 506,553 samples	2,924x
GTX 1070Nvidia $415Bench 78%, 671,944 samples	1,211x
GTX 1080Nvidia $540Bench 105%, 561,146 samples	1,060x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $55Bench 105%, 518,957 samples	1,298x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $107Bench 113%, 414,632 samples	978x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 96%, 133,816 samples	714x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 57,543 samples	631x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 56%, 47,669 samples	457x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 61%, 24,436 samples	451x

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Value: 49% - Average

Total price: $952

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9400F $150	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $270	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-9600K $200	AMD RX 590 $180	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $150
Intel Core i7-9700K $369	Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super) $160	Samsung 850 Pro 512GB $230

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $65	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $58	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $613	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $24