Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 44% Speed boat


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 an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 86.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	53% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	155% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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	17.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit couleurs, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 28 '20 at 21:31
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	7%

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 0.8 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Memory 96.2 1-Core 125 2-Core 249 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 419 8-Core 661 66% 540 Pts	64-Core 661 41% 661 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3161) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	53% Above average	Lighting 66.1 Reflection 68 Parallax 61.1 54% 65.1 fps	MRender 69.6 Gravity 62.6 Splatting 57.5 51% 63.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB (2018)-$189 3,261 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 282GB free (System drive) Firmware: 101110RL Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 638 638 542 533 526 497 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	155% Outstanding	Read 673 Write 666 Mixed 644 SusWrite 562 143% 636 MB/s	4K Read 41.9 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 60 201% 72.1 MB/s	DQ Read 757 DQ Write 638 DQ Mixed 723 535% 706 MB/s
Poor: 191% ↑ This bench: 155% Great: 337%
SanDisk Extreme Pro 960GB-$300 2,857 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 233GB free Firmware: X212T0RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 248 248 271 268 279 295 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	97% Outstanding	Read 485 Write 442 Mixed 272 SusWrite 268 82% 367 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 96 4K Mixed 40.1 149% 55.6 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 158 170% 284 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 114%
SanDisk Extreme Pro 480GB-$199 9,250 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 71GB free Firmware: X21200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 249 249 271 267 278 275 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 427 Mixed 297 SusWrite 265 82% 369 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 90.7 4K Mixed 37.6 141% 52.7 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 163 173% 286 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 114%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$178 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 1TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 147 148 149 149 145 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Read 151 Write 145 Mixed 104 SusWrite 147 101% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1 198% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 5,910 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	74.7% Very good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 23.5 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 22.2 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 53.4 75% 53.4 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 109%

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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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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