Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (92nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 8 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 81.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	38.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	117% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 24 '20 at 17:29
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Memory 96 1-Core 116 2-Core 204 82% 139 Pts	4-Core 360 8-Core 625 60% 492 Pts	64-Core 632 39% 632 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% MSI(1462 2775) 3GB CLim: 1020 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 20.4.2 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	38.3% Below average	Lighting 49.7 Reflection 33.1 Parallax 62.6 40% 48.5 fps	MRender 31.7 Gravity 51 Splatting 41.2 34% 41.3 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 326 221 188 162 148 136 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 304 Mixed 388 SusWrite 197 77% 346 MB/s	4K Read 46.7 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 65.4 223% 80.7 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 354 268% 361 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 134%
TOSHIBA-TR200 240GB 36,832 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 37GB free Firmware: SBFA15.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 260 160 170 168 169 172 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Read 284 Write 106 Mixed 373 SusWrite 183 53% 236 MB/s	4K Read 41.8 4K Write 93.4 4K Mixed 43.1 168% 59.4 MB/s	DQ Read 318 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 224 197% 293 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 90%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 28GB free Firmware: 0C3J96R9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 269 204 92 82 93 97 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Read 476 Write 461 Mixed 354 SusWrite 139 80% 358 MB/s	4K Read 33.1 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 43.9 166% 63 MB/s	DQ Read 293 DQ Write 286 DQ Mixed 185 168% 255 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 88%
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 931GB free Firmware: RVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 350 442 465 470 472 473 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 483 Mixed 406 SusWrite 445 104% 460 MB/s	4K Read 37.3 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 53.7 196% 74.9 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 121%

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 1400 MHz clocked @ 2060 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	75% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 23.3 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 25 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 54 74% 54 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 72%

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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	2,314x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,194x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	793x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	342x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	309x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	272x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	202x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	138x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	250x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	152x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16