Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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	93.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	129% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	20 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	4.9 Days
Run Date	Sep 15 '20 at 03:26
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Memory 86.2 1-Core 129 2-Core 253 87% 156 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 658 67% 543 Pts	64-Core 657 41% 657 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$294 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Gigabyte(1458 3FC1) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 451.48 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 121 Parallax 121 98% 121 fps	MRender 140 Gravity 99.1 Splatting 86.9 86% 109 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Lexar 1TB SSD 1TB 3,679 User benchmarks, average bench 184% 480GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0614D0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 479 625 423 649 436 651 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 606 Write 537 Mixed 508 SusWrite 544 124% 549 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 30.4 163% 67 MB/s	DQ Read 743 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 126 203% 402 MB/s
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 271%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 500GB 13,939 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 309GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 623 597 606 605 606 607 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	162% Outstanding	Read 1020 Write 890 Mixed 618 SusWrite 607 176% 784 MB/s	4K Read 45.1 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 57.8 198% 69 MB/s	DQ Read 463 DQ Write 551 DQ Mixed 490 374% 502 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 162% Great: 313%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 3x8GB 277 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 3 of 4 slots used 24GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (53^rd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.3% Average	MC Read 14.7 MC Write 15.1 MC Mixed 11.8 40% 13.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 15.8 SC Mixed 13.6 41% 14.3 GB/s	Latency 71.1 56% 71.1 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 60%

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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	2,317x
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	794x
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	273x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	202x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	138x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	251x
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 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16