Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	59.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	77.5% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Jan 26 '20 at 00:04
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$52 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Memory 94.8 1-Core 111 2-Core 209 80% 138 Pts	4-Core 421 8-Core 428 57% 425 Pts	64-Core 441 27% 441 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 371A) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	59.4% Above average	Lighting 74.1 Reflection 75.4 Parallax 66.1 60% 71.9 fps	MRender 72.7 Gravity 68.2 Splatting 70.3 58% 70.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra 3D 1TB-$67 5,838 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 136GB free (System drive) Firmware: X611 SusWrite @10s intervals: 337 235 248 222 217 198 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Read 398 Write 433 Mixed 347 SusWrite 243 80% 355 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 63.7 4K Mixed 25.6 105% 38.2 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 306 DQ Mixed 262 217% 313 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 121%
Hitachi HUA721010KLA330 1TB-$28 10,651 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 468GB free Firmware: GKAO SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 62 63 62 63 63 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	41.1% Average	Read 80.3 Write 83 Mixed 42.5 SusWrite 62.5 49% 67.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 184% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 46%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 747GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 82 83 80 83 82 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	43.5% Average	Read 69.5 Write 69.2 Mixed 53.8 SusWrite 82 51% 68.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 157% 1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 68%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 44GB free Firmware: 05.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 75 76 76 77 77 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	45.7% Average	Read 82.8 Write 76 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 76 59% 79.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 180% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 6,948 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	71.5% Very good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 26.6 MC Mixed 23.4 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 20.8 SC Mixed 22.3 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 57.8 69% 57.8 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 71%

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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	2,301x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,182x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	419x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	787x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	340x
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	136x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	247x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	150x
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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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