Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	84.6% 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	91.4% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140508
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Feb 24 '20 at 15:22
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	Memory 94.1 1-Core 124 2-Core 247 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 497 8-Core 496 66% 497 Pts	64-Core 501 31% 501 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% PNY(196E 119D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 118 Parallax 100 86% 108 fps	MRender 98.3 Gravity 99.6 Splatting 104 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 SusWrite @10s intervals: 316 200 53 177 177 89 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Read 476 Write 462 Mixed 369 SusWrite 169 83% 369 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 43.4 151% 57.6 MB/s	DQ Read 323 DQ Write 356 DQ Mixed 205 192% 295 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 97%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 191GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 131 133 133 158 146 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Read 171 Write 146 Mixed 87 SusWrite 139 99% 136 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.1 230% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 108%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 113GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 82 83 82 81 82 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	57.1% Above average	Read 116 Write 116 Mixed 77.3 SusWrite 82.5 72% 98 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 221% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 109%
Seagate ST1000LM035-1RK172 1TB 452,134 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 882GB free Firmware: SDM2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 131 131 134 124 130 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	69.8% Good	Read 112 Write 117 Mixed 56.8 SusWrite 130 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 207% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 71%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 666GB free Firmware: 2BA30001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 85 88 87 82 85 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	47.9% Average	Read 81.8 Write 88 Mixed 47.8 SusWrite 85 56% 75.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 10,124 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	63% Good	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 19.8 61% 21.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 22.9 SC Mixed 19.4 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 59.5 67% 59.5 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 62%

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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	2,301x
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