Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	48.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	110% 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	21.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140930
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 17 '21 at 22:52
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Memory 96.9 1-Core 120 2-Core 229 86% 149 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 656 64% 526 Pts	64-Core 681 42% 681 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 471.11 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	48.1% Average	Lighting 58.6 Reflection 69.9 Parallax 61.3 48% 63.3 fps	MRender 67.4 Gravity 61.5 Splatting 53.1 49% 60.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 200GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 446 266 178 170 175 177 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 459 Write 472 Mixed 364 SusWrite 236 86% 383 MB/s	4K Read 42.6 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 57.5 197% 70.1 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 362 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 134%
Mushkin MKNSSDSR1TB 1TB 823 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 241GB free Firmware: R0522A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 421 390 19 160 18 190 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	79.9% Very good	Read 457 Write 423 Mixed 368 SusWrite 200 81% 362 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 25.6 133% 55.2 MB/s	DQ Read 120 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 1.1 66% 152 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 102%
Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex 500GB 3,970 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 465GB free, PID 5031 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 77 75 76 78 78 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	30.6% Below average	Read 74.8 Write 69.8 Mixed 38.3 SusWrite 76.1 86% 64.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.6 56% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 30.6% Great: 31%
WD My Passport 0740 1TB 4,204 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 782GB free, PID 0740 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 40 40 40 40 40 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	18.8% Very poor	Read 38.3 Write 35.4 Mixed 27.5 SusWrite 39.3 48% 35.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.5 70% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 18.8% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 1,661 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	MC Read 31.5 MC Write 31.8 MC Mixed 26.8 86% 30 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 26.8 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 50.5 79% 50.5 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 88%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	7	5	60	24"	1280 720	ACR03FA G247HL

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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	2,310x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,185x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	791x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	342x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	307x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	271x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16