Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 84.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	50% 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	88.4% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140930
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 18 '20 at 21:54
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing way above expectations (87^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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Memory 95.7 1-Core 113 2-Core 223 83% 144 Pts	4-Core 427 8-Core 431 57% 429 Pts	64-Core 437 27% 437 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1545 MHz, MLim: 1831 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	50% Average	Lighting 62.4 Reflection 69.1 Parallax 53.6 51% 61.7 fps	MRender 74.4 Gravity 54.4 Splatting 51.9 48% 60.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 54%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SU630 240GB 60,212 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 177GB free (System drive) Firmware: V8X04c13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 359 390 391 392 392 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Read 387 Write 358 Mixed 334 SusWrite 352 81% 358 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 95.9 4K Mixed 37.3 140% 53.4 MB/s	DQ Read 159 DQ Write 225 DQ Mixed 187 143% 190 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 1,595 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	71.7% Very good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 26.6 MC Mixed 23.3 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 21.3 SC Mixed 21 57% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 55.1 73% 55.1 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 71%

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

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

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