Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 92.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	61% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	109% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140930
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Dec 10 '19 at 18:15
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Memory 97.7 1-Core 129 2-Core 262 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 500 8-Core 506 67% 503 Pts	64-Core 523 32% 523 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Zotac(19DA 1438) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61% Good	Lighting 76 Reflection 77.8 Parallax 74.7 62% 76.1 fps	MRender 72 Gravity 70.7 Splatting 73.8 59% 72.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 500GB 31,052 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 96GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 432 205 51 49 49 47 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 479 Mixed 345 SusWrite 139 82% 366 MB/s	4K Read 43.2 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 61.5 212% 77.8 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 260 DQ Mixed 340 248% 326 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 123%
Crucial_CT240M500SSD1 500GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 115% 12GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 504 Write 491 Mixed 382 102% 459 MB/s	4K Read 49.2 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 67.8 233% 84 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 269 228% 333 MB/s
Poor: 98% Great: 136%
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 56GB free Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 266 260 259 259 259 259 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Read 440 Write 265 Mixed 308 SusWrite 260 71% 318 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 39.1 153% 61 MB/s	DQ Read 329 DQ Write 252 DQ Mixed 190 169% 257 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 91%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 941GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 91 92 91 92 92 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	50.4% Above average	Read 84.6 Write 91.5 Mixed 77.2 SusWrite 90.8 64% 86 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 132% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 67%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 738GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 172 172 172 172 174 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 161 Mixed 79.2 SusWrite 172 106% 145 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 244% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 289GB free Firmware: JC4A SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 90 91 92 89 91 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	50.4% Above average	Read 85.1 Write 91.1 Mixed 61.7 SusWrite 90.2 60% 82 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 176% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x4GB 5,522 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	MC Read 31.9 MC Write 34.1 MC Mixed 30.2 92% 32.1 GB/s	SC Read 22.2 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 28.4 72% 25.1 GB/s	Latency 47.2 85% 47.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 91%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-A - $150

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,310x
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	791x
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 $177	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) $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