Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 109% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	121% 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	74.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140930
Uptime	4.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 09 '21 at 16:16
Run Duration	239 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Memory 96.6 1-Core 125 2-Core 240 88% 154 Pts	4-Core 478 8-Core 476 64% 477 Pts	64-Core 470 29% 470 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85F1) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 496.49 Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	121% Outstanding	Lighting 162 Reflection 184 Parallax 189 132% 178 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 166 Splatting 122 113% 140 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 240GB-$139 12,595 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 127 127 145 132 139 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	Read 311 Write 233 Mixed 275 SusWrite 132 53% 238 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 96.5 4K Mixed 36.5 143% 54.3 MB/s	DQ Read 246 DQ Write 205 DQ Mixed 204 158% 218 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 95%
Intel X25-M 80GB 12,660 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 38GB free Firmware: 2CV102HD SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 76 82 83 80 82 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	43.6% Average	Read 245 Write 83.3 Mixed 116 SusWrite 80.8 29% 131 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 63.4 4K Mixed 11.9 82% 32.4 MB/s	DQ Read 153 DQ Write 81 DQ Mixed 82 70% 105 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 44%
Crucial M4 256GB-$218 17,938 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 134GB free Firmware: 000F SusWrite @10s intervals: 224 240 235 244 256 251 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	70.7% Very good	Read 483 Write 260 Mixed 251 SusWrite 242 69% 309 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 97.5 4K Mixed 16.2 108% 45.7 MB/s	DQ Read 125 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 23.7 44% 88.5 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 74%
Intel 520 Series 240GB-$139 12,595 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 204GB free Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 227 239 230 226 225 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	95.1% Outstanding	Read 381 Write 276 Mixed 291 SusWrite 220 65% 292 MB/s	4K Read 39.2 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 48 175% 63.2 MB/s	DQ Read 305 DQ Write 256 DQ Mixed 250 196% 270 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 95%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 64GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 335 311 205 144 130 129 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 493 Write 457 Mixed 454 SusWrite 209 90% 403 MB/s	4K Read 40.9 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 60.2 200% 72.1 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 360 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 185 188 188 188 188 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 137 Mixed 85.5 SusWrite 184 106% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2133 C9 2x8GB 3,312 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	MC Read 29.3 MC Write 30.3 MC Mixed 26.7 82% 28.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 22.8 SC Mixed 24.5 64% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 51.8 77% 51.8 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 81%

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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 $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