Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


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 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 91.1%, 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. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

10 months ago, 10 months ago, 9 months ago, 9 months ago, 4 months 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%

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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	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 343,766 User benchmarks, average bench 84% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Memory 97.7 1-Core 137 2-Core 245 94% 160 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 650 72% 553 Pts	64-Core 671 45% 671 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$314 240,599 User benchmarks, average bench 85% EVGA(3842 2062) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.15 Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.6% Excellent	Lighting 327 Reflection 278 Parallax 325 86% 310 fps	MRender 275 Gravity 283 Splatting 0.3 83% 186 fps
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 92%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS500G2B0A 500GB 11,139 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 174GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 247 359 411 420 419 420 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^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: 70% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 119%
Hitachi HTS545050B9A300 500GB-$90 16,536 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 437GB free Firmware: PB4OC64G SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 81 82 82 82 81 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^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: 10% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 47%
Toshiba MQ01ABD050 500GB-$27 27,561 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 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: 22% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 63%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 16GB 19,671 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 (69^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: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 35 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st 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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Workstation 40%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-A - $150

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 84%, 343,766 samples	1,834x
Core i5-4690KIntel $189Bench 79%, 176,679 samples	1,144x
Core i7-4790Intel $299Bench 78%, 161,690 samples	287x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $428Bench 52%, 604,200 samples	745x
GTX 1070Nvidia $415Bench 78%, 913,064 samples	294x
GTX 1080Nvidia $540Bench 102%, 770,090 samples	240x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $85Bench 104%, 699,388 samples	301x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $135Bench 111%, 511,546 samples	238x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 95%, 155,375 samples	162x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 60%, 79,082 samples	214x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 55%, 59,628 samples	137x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 60%, 28,624 samples	107x

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Value: 48% - Average

Total price: $1,011

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-9600K $193	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $230	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-9400F $145	Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super) $170	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-9700K $300	Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super) $500	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $43

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $43	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $66	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $64	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $30
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $28