Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 52% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	60.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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	19.5 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140620
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 18 '21 at 17:52
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4771-$129 11,180 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Memory 90.4 1-Core 116 2-Core 228 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 410 8-Core 588 63% 499 Pts	64-Core 580 36% 580 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8513) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 466.11 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	60.1% Good	Lighting 74.6 Reflection 85.5 Parallax 83.7 61% 81.3 fps	MRender 77.7 Gravity 74.2 Splatting 66.3 59% 72.7 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 141 141 141 141 141 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	60.6% Good	Read 184 Write 140 Mixed 156 SusWrite 133 34% 153 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 29.3 128% 52.6 MB/s	DQ Read 143 DQ Write 142 DQ Mixed 136 104% 140 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 61%
Seagate ST3750640NS 750GB-$38 10,520 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 1.5TB free Firmware: 3.AEG SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 74 74 74 74 75 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	43.1% Average	Read 76.9 Write 76.2 Mixed 48.7 SusWrite 73.2 50% 68.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.6 106% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 42%
ADATA HD710 PRO 2TB 905 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 1.5TB free, PID a75a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 141 142 142 142 142 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	53.3% Above average	Read 149 Write 150 Mixed 21.2 SusWrite 135 148% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.5 42% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 53%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9965525-155.A00LF KHX1600C9D3/4GX 9965525-155.A00LF KHX1600C9D3/4GX 24GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1333, 1600, 1333, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	52.4% Above average	MC Read 18.3 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 15.7 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 18.1 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 66.7 60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 51%

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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	2,304x
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	201x
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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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