Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 45% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 83.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	65.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	63.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150427
Uptime	9 Days
Run Date	Nov 06 '20 at 07:11
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Memory 88.9 1-Core 113 2-Core 229 81% 144 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 448 60% 447 Pts	64-Core 448 28% 448 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 82%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GeForce GT 630 60,212 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Zotac(19DA 6199) 2GB CLim: 810 MHz, MLim: 333 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	3.84% Terrible	Lighting 4.77 Reflection 5.73 Parallax 3.78 4% 4.76 fps	MRender 5.81 Gravity 4.83 Splatting 3.57 4% 4.74 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.84% Great: 5%
AMD R9 Fury-$199 18,014 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Sapphire(174B E331) CLim: 1050 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.9.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65.4% Good	Lighting 83.7 Reflection 58.2 Parallax 108 68% 83.4 fps	MRender 59 Gravity 83.5 Splatting 75.1 60% 72.5 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SU630 240GB 60,212 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 84GB free (System drive) Firmware: V8X01c87 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 94 88 74 47 47 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	63.8% Good	Read 423 Write 236 Mixed 276 SusWrite 82.4 56% 254 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 85.1 4K Mixed 31 119% 46.2 MB/s	DQ Read 142 DQ Write 96.9 DQ Mixed 190 123% 143 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 101%
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB-$249 29,211 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1.5TB free Firmware: MN6OA5Q0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 120 123 108 125 122 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	Read 136 Write 136 Mixed 73.7 SusWrite 117 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 173% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$45 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 211 215 215 213 219 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 159 Write 175 Mixed 76 SusWrite 213 114% 156 MB/s	4K Read 2.4 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 122% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 106%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 930GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 193 196 198 193 190 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 203 Write 183 Mixed 85.5 SusWrite 193 121% 166 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CML8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMY8GX3M2A1866C9 0215 CML8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMY8GX3M2A1866C9 16GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1600, 1333, 1600, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	59.2% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 22.6 MC Mixed 19.5 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 16.6 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 68.6 58% 68.6 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 59.2% 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	2,313x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,193x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	793x
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	272x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	202x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	138x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	250x
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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16