Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 92.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	101% 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	79.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit Farben, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 01 '19 at 14:09
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Memory 96 1-Core 127 2-Core 253 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 478 8-Core 663 72% 571 Pts	64-Core 656 41% 656 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.41 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 140 Parallax 131 104% 133 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 130 Splatting 106 94% 115 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 88GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 157 159 140 141 137 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	79.7% Very good	Read 365 Write 220 Mixed 249 SusWrite 153 55% 247 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 41.7 153% 58 MB/s	DQ Read 168 DQ Write 219 DQ Mixed 170 135% 186 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 85%
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 136GB free Firmware: SBFK71F1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 293 108 72 75 69 77 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	Read 260 Write 100 Mixed 337 SusWrite 116 46% 203 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 96.1 4K Mixed 33.7 141% 53.7 MB/s	DQ Read 270 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 192 174% 264 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 102%
Kingston SSDNow V300 480GB-$250 15,510 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 147GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 235 246 222 222 218 228 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	60.8% Good	Read 350 Write 322 Mixed 339 SusWrite 228 70% 310 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 23.9 4K Mixed 27.5 88% 26 MB/s	DQ Read 147 DQ Write 85.5 DQ Mixed 92.4 75% 108 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 65%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 465GB free Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 521 556 558 535 464 561 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	182% Outstanding	Read 708 Write 575 Mixed 611 SusWrite 532 136% 607 MB/s	4K Read 68.5 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 88.4 290% 98.4 MB/s	DQ Read 771 DQ Write 618 DQ Mixed 967 649% 785 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 182% Great: 355%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	70.5% Very good	MC Read 25 MC Write 25.7 MC Mixed 22.2 69% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 23.4 SC Mixed 22.2 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 53.8 74% 53.8 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 72%

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

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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	2,324x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,196x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	421x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	795x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	342x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	310x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	273x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	202x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	139x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	252x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	153x
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 i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16