Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	24.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	166% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	26.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Apr 16 '21 at 14:53
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Memory 90.7 1-Core 135 2-Core 262 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 418 8-Core 589 63% 503 Pts	64-Core 637 39% 637 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro P1000 8,041 User benchmarks, average bench 24% Nvidia(10DE 11BC) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 462.31 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	24.9% Poor	Lighting 32.3 Reflection 29.5 Parallax 28.3 26% 30 fps	MRender 26.2 Gravity 29.5 Splatting 26 22% 27.2 fps
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 24.9% Great: 25%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 171GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 465 565 566 549 548 553 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	166% Outstanding	Read 727 Write 528 Mixed 575 SusWrite 541 133% 593 MB/s	4K Read 49.2 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 70.1 228% 80 MB/s	DQ Read 772 DQ Write 670 DQ Mixed 737 548% 727 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 166% Great: 372%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 126GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 249 299 298 300 300 299 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 454 Mixed 383 SusWrite 291 91% 405 MB/s	4K Read 36.3 4K Write 92.1 4K Mixed 53.9 173% 60.8 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 355 267% 357 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 66 63 65 66 64 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	34.7% Below average	Read 57.3 Write 53.3 Mixed 36.6 SusWrite 63.6 39% 52.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.6 111% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2TB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 121 125 127 123 125 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	69.7% Good	Read 121 Write 102 Mixed 58.8 SusWrite 122 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 123% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 75%
Seagate ST8000NE0004-1ZF11G 8TB 260 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 3.5TB free Firmware: EN01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 182 180 180 181 180 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 166 Mixed 93.4 SusWrite 178 113% 155 MB/s	4K Read 2.4 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 0.9 293% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 125%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 1,104 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	60.1% Good	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 19 SC Mixed 20.6 55% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 62%

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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	2,306x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,184x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	789x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	341x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	307x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	270x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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