Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 21% Surfboard


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	20.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	97% 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 06 '17 at 02:55
Run Duration	117 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	Memory 95.5 1-Core 134 2-Core 269 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 538 8-Core 543 72% 541 Pts	64-Core 539 33% 539 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% Asus(1043 84BB) CLim: 1481 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	20.4% Poor	Lighting 25.4 Reflection 19.9 Parallax 23.5 21% 22.9 fps	MRender 28.7 Gravity 26.1 Splatting 19.7 20% 24.8 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 20.4% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 13,766 User benchmarks, average bench 120% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXV77D0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	97% Outstanding	Read 766 Write 150 Mixed 227 82% 381 MB/s	4K Read 38.1 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 22.9 151% 60.8 MB/s	DQ Read 456 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 94.4 124% 233 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 147%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 8,981 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 834GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 178 Write 240 Mixed 167 146% 195 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.38 4K Mixed 0.79 187% 1.49 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 184%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX KHX2400C11D3/4GX KHX1600C9D3/4GX KHX2400C11D3/4GX 16GB 129 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1600, 2400, 1600, 2400 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	64.7% Good	MC Read 22.3 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 20.4 63% 22 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 23.1 SC Mixed 20.6 59% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 55.5 72% 55.5 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 78%

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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	1,193x
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	309x

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	138x

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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16