Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	105% 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	83.1% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	27.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 11 '19 at 00:55
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790T 1,099 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	74.5% Very good	Memory 87.2 1-Core 109 2-Core 214 78% 137 Pts	4-Core 335 8-Core 482 51% 409 Pts	64-Core 520 32% 520 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3773) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Lighting 150 Reflection 105 Parallax 92.1 122% 116 fps	MRender 90.7 Gravity 91.6 Splatting 93.8 76% 92 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDBNCE2500PNC 250GB 7,201 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 153GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 210 191 199 199 203 199 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Read 466 Write 330 Mixed 282 SusWrite 200 71% 320 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 56.8 4K Mixed 36.1 121% 40.8 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 243 205% 299 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 107%
WDC WDBNCE2500PNC 250GB 7,201 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 154GB free Firmware: X61130WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 216 203 201 200 202 200 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Read 473 Write 318 Mixed 197 SusWrite 204 66% 298 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 57.2 4K Mixed 36.1 122% 41 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 255 DQ Mixed 263 210% 296 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 107%
WD Elements 25A2 1TB 31,808 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 654GB free, PID 25a2 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 42 40 41 42 42 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	21.5% Poor	Read 40.8 Write 41.2 Mixed 32 SusWrite 41.3 53% 38.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 104% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 21.5% Great: 63%
UFD 2.0 Silicon-Power8G 8GB 286 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 7GB free, PID 4200 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.1 6 12 12 12 12 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	7.71% Terrible	Read 26.5 Write 12.2 Mixed 11.7 SusWrite 9.5 18% 15 MB/s	4K Read 7.6 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.2 35% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.71% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5403-466.A00LF 99U5403-455.A00LF 99U5403-466.A00LF 0420 F3-1333C9-8GAO 32GB 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	50.4% Above average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 18.4 MC Mixed 15.2 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 18.4 SC Mixed 16.2 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 70.3 57% 70.3 ns

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-A - $150

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,304x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,184x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	789x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	341x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	307x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	270x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	201x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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