Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 92.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	52% 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	38.4% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140707
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 22 '20 at 09:50
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Memory 96 1-Core 133 2-Core 268 92% 166 Pts	4-Core 523 8-Core 498 69% 511 Pts	64-Core 516 32% 516 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 3718) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	52% Above average	Lighting 75.2 Reflection 75.5 Parallax 66 61% 72.2 fps	MRender 71.6 Gravity 70.9 Splatting 0.04 34% 47.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Crucial BX500 240GB-$29 142,801 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 178GB free (System drive) Firmware: M6CR013 SusWrite @10s intervals: 262 147 152 134 135 137 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	38.4% Below average	Read 507 Write 430 Mixed 12.5 SusWrite 161 61% 278 MB/s	4K Read 19.2 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 0.3 31% 7.6 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 92%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159 43,620 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 465GB free Firmware: GM4OA50E SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 84 85 85 85 85 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	48.7% Average	Read 84.5 Write 79.7 Mixed 42.5 SusWrite 84.8 53% 72.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 174% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 51%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 869GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 170 168 170 171 171 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 173 Mixed 109 SusWrite 170 115% 156 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 237% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	72.5% Very good	MC Read 25.3 MC Write 26.5 MC Mixed 23.3 72% 25 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 25.1 SC Mixed 22.2 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 53.9 74% 53.9 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 72%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	2,306x
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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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