Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	3.99% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	232% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	8.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150212
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 13 '20 at 19:44
Run Duration	293 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Memory 83.2 1-Core 122 2-Core 247 83% 151 Pts	4-Core 482 8-Core 439 63% 461 Pts	64-Core 470 29% 470 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.14.4264 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	3.99% Terrible	Lighting 4 Reflection 7.04 Parallax 6.97 3% 6 fps	MRender 8.86 Gravity 2.47 Splatting 8.13 5% 6.48 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.99% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 146GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 586 325 321 322 320 317 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	232% Outstanding	Read 1,959 Write 1,470 Mixed 639 SusWrite 365 245% 1,108 MB/s	4K Read 44.3 4K Write 176 4K Mixed 69.6 249% 96.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,242 DQ Write 1,229 DQ Mixed 372 517% 948 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 232% Great: 236%
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB 11,069 User benchmarks, average bench 176% 43GB free Firmware: 4L1QCXB7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 227 165 163 163 164 163 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	141% Outstanding	Read 632 Write 519 Mixed 479 SusWrite 174 101% 451 MB/s	4K Read 55.9 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 62.9 239% 86 MB/s	DQ Read 781 DQ Write 640 DQ Mixed 713 533% 711 MB/s
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 141% Great: 234%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 366GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 335 327 311 308 307 305 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 458 Write 429 Mixed 418 SusWrite 315 91% 405 MB/s	4K Read 42.8 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 63.2 208% 74.3 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 154 173% 293 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 129%
Transcend SSD370 256GB-$110 5,249 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 61GB free Firmware: N1114H SusWrite @10s intervals: 291 229 237 168 133 148 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Read 466 Write 290 Mixed 275 SusWrite 201 68% 308 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 42 148% 57.3 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 279 DQ Mixed 86.7 118% 214 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 96%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 605GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 75 75 76 74 75 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	56.4% Above average	Read 121 Write 98.7 Mixed 75.5 SusWrite 75 68% 92.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 185% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 83%
PNY USB 3.0 FD 496GB 80 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 184GB free, PID 00d9 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 42 40 41 23 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 41 Write 40.5 SusWrite 34.7 49% 38.7 MB/s	4K Read 3.4 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 1.1 74% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 9% Great: 89%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 21,220 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (45^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.6% Average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 17.7 MC Mixed 15.5 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 18 SC Mixed 16.8 46% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 74.8 54% 74.8 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 62%

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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	2,306x
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 $184	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