Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 79.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	92.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	69.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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	5.7 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150424
Uptime	7.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 26 '20 at 00:42
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (46^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	79.6% Very good	Memory 83.2 1-Core 117 2-Core 227 80% 142 Pts	4-Core 409 8-Core 636 65% 523 Pts	64-Core 626 39% 626 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Nvidia(10DE 1F02) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	92.8% Outstanding	Lighting 111 Reflection 117 Parallax 126 90% 118 fps	MRender 165 Gravity 112 Splatting 93.3 97% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 92.8% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 330 Series 180GB 5,848 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: 300i SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 111 104 109 100 94 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	69.7% Good	Read 334 Write 163 Mixed 194 SusWrite 106 44% 199 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 32.2 133% 53.1 MB/s	DQ Read 251 DQ Write 172 DQ Mixed 188 146% 203 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 83%
OCZ ARC 100 240GB-$120 11,799 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 49GB free Firmware: 1.01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 264 269 270 289 295 276 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Read 353 Write 418 Mixed 302 SusWrite 277 76% 338 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 33.5 134% 54.1 MB/s	DQ Read 303 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 252 209% 299 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 101%
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2018)-$37 23,087 User benchmarks, average bench 233% 269GB free Firmware: 101140WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 556 568 625 619 629 629 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	159% Outstanding	Read 638 Write 622 Mixed 612 SusWrite 604 140% 619 MB/s	4K Read 41.6 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 60 206% 75.5 MB/s	DQ Read 751 DQ Write 717 DQ Mixed 823 593% 763 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 159% Great: 284%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 909GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 125 123 125 124 125 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	Read 139 Write 38.7 Mixed 70 SusWrite 125 68% 93 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 197% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 75%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 99 101 101 100 99 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	56.4% Above average	Read 97 Write 97.8 Mixed 58.5 SusWrite 99.5 65% 88.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 124% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2400C11D3/8GX 0423 Vulcan-2400 12GB 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	38.7% Below average	MC Read 13 MC Write 13.9 MC Mixed 11.6 37% 12.8 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 13.4 SC Mixed 12.4 35% 12.2 GB/s	Latency 74.8 54% 74.8 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	2,301x
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 $132	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