Asus Z97-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 08 '20 at 12:43
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Memory 93.4 1-Core 106 2-Core 254 84% 151 Pts	4-Core 397 8-Core 684 66% 541 Pts	64-Core 664 41% 664 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6163) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	60.4% Good	Lighting 75.2 Reflection 77.9 Parallax 74.7 61% 75.9 fps	MRender 72.3 Gravity 72.1 Splatting 70.7 59% 71.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 120GB-$76 9,139 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31000RL Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 488 Write 442 Mixed 250 87% 393 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 83.3 4K Mixed 36.9 135% 49.7 MB/s	DQ Read 313 DQ Write 254 DQ Mixed 236 190% 268 MB/s
Poor: 51% Great: 93%
WD VelociRaptor 250GB-$35 3,015 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 56GB free Firmware: 04.06A00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 165 166 166 167 165 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 157 Mixed 126 SusWrite 165 114% 154 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 1.7 342% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 111%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 135GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 176 175 165 137 173 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 144 Mixed 29.5 SusWrite 167 92% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.9 353% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 110%
WD My Passport 0820 1TB 16,483 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 27GB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 42 42 42 42 42 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	21.9% Poor	Read 40.7 Write 41.4 Mixed 32.2 SusWrite 41.9 53% 39.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 108% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 21.9% Great: 44%
Corsair Voyager GT 3.0 64GB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 28GB free, PID 1a01 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 40 42 42 42 42 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	22% Poor	Read 39.1 Write 41 Mixed 36.3 SusWrite 40.9 54% 39.3 MB/s	4K Read 11.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 2.8 190% 5.33 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 22% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 5,448 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1867 MHz clocked @ 1904 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	68.4% Good	MC Read 24.2 MC Write 25.7 MC Mixed 21.6 68% 23.8 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 23.5 SC Mixed 22 59% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 61.2 65% 61.2 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 86%

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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%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-A - $150

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,310x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,186x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	791x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	342x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	307x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	271x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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