Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	70.9% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	4.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 20 '20 at 01:33
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (88^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Memory 95 1-Core 126 2-Core 247 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 466 62% 467 Pts	64-Core 473 29% 473 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gigabyte(1458 36DA) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1606 MHz, MLim: 1774 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	70.9% Very good	Lighting 91.3 Reflection 90.7 Parallax 79.8 74% 87.2 fps	MRender 84.1 Gravity 80.6 Splatting 72.9 64% 79.2 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 302 166 165 160 157 156 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 482 Mixed 370 SusWrite 184 86% 384 MB/s	4K Read 43.6 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 59.1 197% 68.8 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 361 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 124%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 82GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 322 313 305 293 288 273 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 481 Mixed 459 SusWrite 299 98% 438 MB/s	4K Read 45 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 60.2 203% 71.5 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 356 269% 361 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 129%
Seagate Backup+ BK 1TB 2,655 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 608GB free, PID a013 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 98 97 97 98 98 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	41.3% Average	Read 96 Write 63.3 Mixed 57.3 SusWrite 96.7 103% 78.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 100% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 9,944 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	72.1% Very good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 26.6 MC Mixed 23.3 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 23 SC Mixed 22.3 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 57 70% 57 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 70%

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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	2,306x
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	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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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