Asus Z97-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 78.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	100% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150212
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 06 '21 at 20:48
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (45^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Memory 90.1 1-Core 112 2-Core 217 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 358 8-Core 564 57% 461 Pts	64-Core 581 36% 581 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Asus(1043 870D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.27 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	100% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 109 Parallax 113 99% 114 fps	MRender 177 Gravity 111 Splatting 101 103% 130 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$37 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 620GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 66 57 147 144 145 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	73.3% Very good	Read 150 Write 176 Mixed 70.5 SusWrite 105 92% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.5 112% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 114%
Seagate ST1000DM 010-2EP102 1TB 10,780 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 38GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 149 123 102 101 104 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Read 197 Write 138 Mixed 74.7 SusWrite 121 97% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 111% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 114%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 12,078 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 120GB free, PID 0900 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 82 81 81 80 81 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	40.6% Average	Read 143 Write 145 Mixed 20.8 SusWrite 82.5 124% 97.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.5 39% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905584-023.A00LF KHX1600C9D3/4GX 9905584-023.A00LF KHX1600C9D3/4GX 16GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	53.2% Above average	MC Read 19.5 MC Write 20 MC Mixed 15.4 52% 18.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.5 SC Write 18.7 SC Mixed 16 45% 15.7 GB/s	Latency 67 60% 67 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 58%

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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	2,331x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,201x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	422x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	797x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	345x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	310x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	275x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	203x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 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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Total price: $798

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Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $369