Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


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 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 84.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	3.63% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	98.5% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Nov 24 '21 at 22:52
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	5%

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 i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Memory 94.9 1-Core 110 2-Core 216 81% 140 Pts	4-Core 403 8-Core 601 62% 502 Pts	64-Core 600 37% 600 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.14.5180 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	3.63% Terrible	Lighting 3.9 Reflection 2.9 Parallax 8 3% 4.93 fps	MRender 9 Gravity 2.6 Splatting 5.3 4% 5.63 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.63% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 295GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 418 346 321 323 330 317 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	98.5% Outstanding	Read 409 Write 422 Mixed 304 SusWrite 343 83% 369 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 39.8 162% 66.7 MB/s	DQ Read 186 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 181 161% 236 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 98.5% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$38 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 195 196 195 207 199 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	Read 136 Write 168 Mixed 32 SusWrite 198 96% 133 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 68% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 106%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 97GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 66 66 64 66 66 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	50.2% Above average	Read 108 Write 107 Mixed 70.5 SusWrite 66 65% 88.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 181% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 62%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 31GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 86 87 87 85 86 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	50.5% Above average	Read 89.3 Write 88.2 Mixed 61.8 SusWrite 86.3 60% 81.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GB 3,923 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	64.7% Good	MC Read 24.2 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 19.3 63% 22.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 21.7 SC Mixed 20.7 57% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 57.4 70% 57.4 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 66%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-A - $150

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,312x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,189x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	792x
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	272x
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	250x
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 $269	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 $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