Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 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 83.7%, 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	115% 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.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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	13.3 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 18:15
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing way above expectations (91^st 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 0.8 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Memory 95.9 1-Core 115 2-Core 236 85% 149 Pts	4-Core 386 8-Core 636 62% 511 Pts	64-Core 635 39% 635 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 83.7% 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 62.5 40% 48.4 fps	MRender 31.7 Gravity 51 Splatting 41 34% 41.3 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 350 330 228 184 152 136 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 474 Write 482 Mixed 401 SusWrite 230 89% 397 MB/s	4K Read 44.6 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 61.9 212% 76.4 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 348 263% 353 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 134%
TOSHIBA-TR200 240GB 36,832 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 37GB free Firmware: SBFA15.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 339 163 168 168 172 173 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Read 338 Write 124 Mixed 387 SusWrite 197 58% 261 MB/s	4K Read 41.5 4K Write 92.2 4K Mixed 44.3 168% 59.3 MB/s	DQ Read 319 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 223 196% 292 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 90%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 28GB free Firmware: 0C3J96R9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 277 197 92 82 98 94 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 460 Mixed 374 SusWrite 140 82% 367 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 44 160% 60.1 MB/s	DQ Read 291 DQ Write 283 DQ Mixed 185 167% 253 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 88%
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 931GB free Firmware: RVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 355 432 465 471 472 475 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 489 Mixed 417 SusWrite 445 105% 466 MB/s	4K Read 36.8 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 52.8 191% 72.3 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 123% 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)	74.6% Very good	MC Read 27.1 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 23.2 75% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 22.2 SC Mixed 24.2 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 54.4 74% 54.4 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 72%

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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	2,309x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,185x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	790x
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 $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 $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 $178	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) $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