Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 81.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	117% 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	98.8% 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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140415
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 04 '21 at 00:56
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	HRV-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 above expectations (70^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Memory 83.9 1-Core 125 2-Core 246 84% 152 Pts	4-Core 427 8-Core 657 67% 542 Pts	64-Core 653 40% 653 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3607) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 471.11 Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	117% Outstanding	Lighting 158 Reflection 171 Parallax 165 129% 165 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 165 Splatting 111 107% 132 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 297 40 38 39 39 38 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	98.8% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 479 Mixed 303 SusWrite 81.8 76% 340 MB/s	4K Read 44.6 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 53 188% 65.9 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 178 181% 294 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 108%
WD WD20EURX 2TB-$39 12,609 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 275GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 72 71 70 72 72 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	46.1% Average	Read 89 Write 81.7 Mixed 55 SusWrite 71.3 55% 74.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 166% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 86%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 408GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 107 108 108 107 107 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	59.5% Above average	Read 99.9 Write 99.7 Mixed 69.8 SusWrite 107 69% 94.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 156% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 69%
168 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 24GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 24 31 31 31 30 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	9.92% Terrible	Read 9.2 Write 32.2 Mixed 9.5 SusWrite 28 30% 19.7 MB/s	4K Read 4 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.8 59% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 9.92% Great: 30%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1866C9D3/4GX KHX1866C9D3/4GX KHX1866C10D3/8GX 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 1867, 1867, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	28.1% Poor	MC Read 9.2 MC Write 9.3 MC Mixed 7.9 25% 8.8 GB/s	SC Read 8.5 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 8.6 25% 8.83 GB/s	Latency 73.7 54% 73.7 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 28.1% Great: 36%

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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 $94Bench 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 $300	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 $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