Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 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 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 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	56.7% 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	91.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 11 '21 at 14:58
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Memory 92.6 1-Core 129 2-Core 259 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 486 8-Core 506 66% 496 Pts	64-Core 500 31% 500 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Sapphire(1DA2 E366) CLim: 1440 MHz, MLim: 2250 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.8.2 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	56.7% Above average	Lighting 71.7 Reflection 70.7 Parallax 98.1 58% 80.2 fps	MRender 74.2 Gravity 77.2 Splatting 50.5 53% 67.3 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 292GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 290 254 259 267 301 254 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Read 410 Write 198 Mixed 351 SusWrite 271 69% 308 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 78.9 4K Mixed 42.3 148% 51.8 MB/s	DQ Read 247 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 221 184% 261 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 102%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 414GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 120 120 118 121 120 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	69% Good	Read 121 Write 112 Mixed 66.8 SusWrite 120 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 176% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 88%
Adata HD650 1TB 664 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 929GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 116 109 115 113 115 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	71.4% Very good	Read 135 Write 98.4 Mixed 79.4 SusWrite 112 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 6.5 4K Mixed 0.8 268% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 78%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 10,124 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1632 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	65.2% Good	MC Read 22.8 MC Write 23.6 MC Mixed 20.6 64% 22.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 20.3 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 62.9 64% 62.9 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 62%

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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	9	7	60	22"	1280 720	GSM57E8 M2362DP

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-A - $150

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,309x
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	790x
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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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