Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 77.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	79.6% 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	330% 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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 01 '20 at 04:01
Run Duration	238 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Memory 90 1-Core 106 2-Core 208 78% 135 Pts	4-Core 353 8-Core 517 54% 435 Pts	64-Core 562 35% 562 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% MSI(1462 375A) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	Lighting 102 Reflection 93.8 Parallax 86.4 83% 93.9 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 90.7 Splatting 79 73% 91.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$97 85,928 User benchmarks, average bench 279% 663GB free (System drive) Firmware: 42A4SANA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2088 2128 2117 1978 2138 2132 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	330% Outstanding	Read 2,296 Write 2160 Mixed 219 SusWrite 2,097 378% 1693 MB/s	4K Read 53.6 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 74.3 250% 88.9 MB/s	DQ Read 859 DQ Write 588 DQ Mixed 563 464% 670 MB/s
Poor: 175% ↑ This bench: 330% Great: 372%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 445GB free Firmware: X31200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 437 439 393 232 216 210 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 484 Write 431 Mixed 337 SusWrite 321 88% 393 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 41.2 155% 58.5 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 315 DQ Mixed 253 213% 310 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 108%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 74GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 392 277 276 276 277 277 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 455 Write 454 Mixed 392 SusWrite 296 90% 399 MB/s	4K Read 38.1 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 48.5 173% 62.2 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 221 202% 310 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 118%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 10,124 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	58.6% Above average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 18.3 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 19.6 SC Mixed 17.8 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 62%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 42%

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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	1,187x
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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	202x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	137x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	249x
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 $269	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 $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