Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 81.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	55.2% 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	167% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 28 '21 at 13:04
Run Duration	193 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Memory 95.5 1-Core 95.9 2-Core 190 75% 127 Pts	4-Core 388 8-Core 378 52% 383 Pts	64-Core 372 23% 372 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-Ti-$410 30,815 User benchmarks, average bench 53% EVGA(3842 2884) 3GB CLim: 1333 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 472.12 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	55.2% Above average	Lighting 65.1 Reflection 74.5 Parallax 89.6 53% 76.4 fps	MRender 83 Gravity 75.8 Splatting 63.1 59% 74 fps
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 59%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 303GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 334 525 555 531 538 546 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	167% Outstanding	Read 647 Write 538 Mixed 560 SusWrite 505 126% 562 MB/s	4K Read 59.9 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 77.8 251% 84.1 MB/s	DQ Read 776 DQ Write 626 DQ Mixed 1,047 690% 816 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 167% Great: 355%
Kingston SHFR200240G 240GB 2,078 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 170GB free Firmware: 000056R8 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 145 133 102 138 114 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Read 433 Write 406 Mixed 345 SusWrite 133 74% 329 MB/s	4K Read 37.1 4K Write 92 4K Mixed 48.5 167% 59.2 MB/s	DQ Read 313 DQ Write 210 DQ Mixed 161 148% 228 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 96%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 295GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 169 175 169 180 175 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Read 154 Write 145 Mixed 32.6 SusWrite 171 91% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.6 139% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 107%
Seagate ST32000646NS 2TB 787 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 862GB free Firmware: G009 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 124 126 124 125 125 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	74% Very good	Read 134 Write 134 Mixed 71.5 SusWrite 124 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 206% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD3-2400 2x8GB 441 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	MC Read 32.2 MC Write 34.2 MC Mixed 28.3 90% 31.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.5 SC Write 18.4 SC Mixed 24.9 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 55.7 72% 55.7 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 87%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	2,313x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,190x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	793x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	342x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	308x

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	152x
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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16