Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 90.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	102% 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	76% 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	12.3 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 05 '19 at 15:26
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Memory 96 1-Core 99.2 2-Core 267 85% 154 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 698 72% 579 Pts	64-Core 697 43% 697 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.6% 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 (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 138 Parallax 131 106% 133 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 130 Splatting 105 94% 115 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 87GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 96 153 143 152 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	76% Very good	Read 322 Write 219 Mixed 233 SusWrite 135 51% 227 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 41.3 153% 57.7 MB/s	DQ Read 136 DQ Write 212 DQ Mixed 136 114% 161 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 85%
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 305GB free Firmware: SBFK71F1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 313 106 71 75 71 74 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Read 485 Write 442 Mixed 354 SusWrite 119 78% 350 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 95.8 4K Mixed 35.3 143% 54.1 MB/s	DQ Read 270 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 194 173% 259 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 102%
Kingston SSDNow V300 480GB-$250 15,510 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 142GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 246 265 252 249 258 246 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	62.7% Good	Read 317 Write 276 Mixed 281 SusWrite 253 63% 282 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 23.8 4K Mixed 25 93% 26.9 MB/s	DQ Read 189 DQ Write 87.7 DQ Mixed 104 86% 127 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 65%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 285GB free Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 543 578 568 542 561 554 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	188% Outstanding	Read 742 Write 601 Mixed 638 SusWrite 558 142% 634 MB/s	4K Read 70.4 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 92.2 299% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 772 DQ Write 612 DQ Mixed 1,056 691% 813 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 188% 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 (93^rd percentile)	71% Very good	MC Read 25.2 MC Write 25.8 MC Mixed 22.2 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.7 SC Write 24.4 SC Mixed 22 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 53.9 74% 53.9 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 72%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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	2,314x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,194x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	793x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	342x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	309x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	272x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	202x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	138x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	250x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	152x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16