Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


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 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	96.1% 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	111% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Nov 17 '19 at 19:06
Run Duration	166 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 i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Memory 96.3 1-Core 122 2-Core 227 86% 149 Pts	4-Core 395 8-Core 630 63% 512 Pts	64-Core 602 37% 602 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Gigabyte(1458 3FC2) CLim: 2250 MHz, MLim: 3875 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.12 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 114 Parallax 120 100% 119 fps	MRender 147 Gravity 103 Splatting 84.8 88% 112 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 406 301 282 138 113 111 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 483 Mixed 408 SusWrite 225 91% 404 MB/s	4K Read 43.5 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 58.6 197% 69.4 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 359 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 124%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 676GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 94 95 96 96 94 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	71.2% Very good	Read 154 Write 140 Mixed 71.7 SusWrite 94.2 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 187% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 83%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 361GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 133 132 132 131 130 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	72.3% Very good	Read 121 Write 134 Mixed 59.7 SusWrite 131 81% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 69%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 8GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 65 73 62 58 71 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	37.1% Below average	Read 62.2 Write 60.3 Mixed 60 SusWrite 66.5 46% 62.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 76%
Hitachi HTS545025B9A300 250GB 8,875 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 109GB free Firmware: PB2OCA1G SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 64 65 65 65 64 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	36.8% Below average	Read 63.5 Write 57.7 Mixed 31.3 SusWrite 64.5 40% 54.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 121% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 36.8% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 18,444 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1904 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	69.4% Good	MC Read 24.6 MC Write 25.9 MC Mixed 21.8 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 22.2 SC Mixed 22 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 52.8 76% 52.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 71%

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

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus Z97-A - $150

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,309x
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	790x
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 $109Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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