Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 92%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	91.5% 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	132% 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	20.3 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 20 '20 at 01:52
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Memory 91.8 1-Core 132 2-Core 270 91% 165 Pts	4-Core 497 8-Core 719 76% 608 Pts	64-Core 719 44% 719 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$273 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Gigabyte(1458 3FC1) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	91.5% Outstanding	Lighting 114 Reflection 128 Parallax 113 93% 118 fps	MRender 139 Gravity 99.7 Splatting 96.6 90% 112 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Lexar 1TB SSD 1TB 3,679 User benchmarks, average bench 184% 287GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0614D0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 320 654 352 602 88 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	132% Outstanding	Read 671 Write 568 Mixed 562 SusWrite 363 121% 541 MB/s	4K Read 40.8 4K Write 148 4K Mixed 34.9 185% 74.4 MB/s	DQ Read 759 DQ Write 529 DQ Mixed 459 393% 582 MB/s
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 271%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 500GB 13,939 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 309GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 721 607 607 607 606 593 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	165% Outstanding	Read 1,035 Write 892 Mixed 613 SusWrite 623 177% 791 MB/s	4K Read 44.1 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 58 199% 70.6 MB/s	DQ Read 463 DQ Write 596 DQ Mixed 505 388% 521 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 165% 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 @ 1632 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	60.9% Good	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 18.4 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 24.1 SC Mixed 19.9 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 60.9% 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	2,326x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,198x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	421x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	796x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	344x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	310x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	274x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	202x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	139x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	252x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	154x
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 i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16