Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	118% 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	82.8% 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	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140620
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 23 '21 at 17:35
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$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 way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Memory 84.9 1-Core 128 2-Core 261 87% 158 Pts	4-Core 465 8-Core 662 71% 564 Pts	64-Core 647 40% 647 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6700-XT-$480 20,231 User benchmarks, average bench 122% MSI(1462 3980) ≥ 4GB; AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT Mech 2x Ram: 12GB, Driver: 21.8.2 Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	118% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 136 Parallax 294 112% 189 fps	MRender 228 Gravity 139 Splatting 165 143% 177 fps
Poor: 113% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 129%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 164 138 141 192 186 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Read 354 Write 270 Mixed 275 SusWrite 167 60% 267 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 96.4 4K Mixed 43.1 150% 56.2 MB/s	DQ Read 284 DQ Write 245 DQ Mixed 158 148% 229 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 91%
Apple HDD HTS547575A9E384 750GB 514 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 656GB free Firmware: JE4AD70F SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 89 88 88 88 89 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	50.7% Above average	Read 88.6 Write 81.2 Mixed 43.9 SusWrite 87.9 55% 75.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 112% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 55%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 500GB-$49 47,332 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 103GB free Firmware: 0002SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 99 100 100 100 100 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	55.7% Above average	Read 95.4 Write 76.9 Mixed 45.6 SusWrite 98.7 58% 79.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 58%
USB SanDisk 3.2Gen1 32GB 3,459 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 10GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 21 21 21 21 11 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	17.3% Very poor	Read 37.8 Write 20.1 Mixed 21.4 SusWrite 19.4 31% 24.7 MB/s	4K Read 6.2 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1.4 139% 3.2 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 17.3% Great: 48%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 Kingston KHX1600C10D3/4G 0215 CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 Kingston KHX1600C10D3/4G 16GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	52.1% Above average	MC Read 18.4 MC Write 18.7 MC Mixed 15.5 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 17.7 50% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 72 56% 72 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 52.1% 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	7	4	60	27"	1280 720	HPN346E HP E273m

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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	2,309x
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 $178	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