Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 148% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 123% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 93.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	160% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	133% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 20 '20 at 17:48
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.1% Outstanding	Memory 98.5 1-Core 133 2-Core 260 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 473 8-Core 684 72% 579 Pts	64-Core 680 42% 680 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% MSI(1462 3770) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2205 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 442.74 Performing below potential (67^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	160% Outstanding	Lighting 227 Reflection 221 Parallax 223 185% 223 fps	MRender 256 Gravity 222 Splatting 128 157% 202 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 160% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 382GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 349 433 474 486 487 487 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 492 Mixed 389 SusWrite 453 104% 460 MB/s	4K Read 47.2 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 65.2 222% 79.9 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 362 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 112GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 350 435 477 490 443 438 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 489 Mixed 413 SusWrite 439 104% 462 MB/s	4K Read 48.8 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 67.6 229% 81.8 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 134%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 15GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 507 Write 493 Mixed 398 104% 466 MB/s	4K Read 49 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 67.3 230% 82.4 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 363 273% 365 MB/s
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Seagate Expansion 2TB 49,966 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1TB free Firmware: 9300 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 83 86 85 84 84 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	42.4% Average	Read 63.3 Write 85.8 Mixed 85 SusWrite 83.7 59% 79.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.6 175% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 67%
PHD 3.0 Silicon-Power 1TB 4,921 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 14GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 118 Write 80 Mixed 58.5 100% 85.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 118% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 12% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 4x4GB 4,979 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	MC Read 32.9 MC Write 32.7 MC Mixed 27.7 89% 31.1 GB/s	SC Read 21.2 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 28.7 71% 24.7 GB/s	Latency 43.7 91% 43.7 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 103%

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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 $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