Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (95th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 5 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 89.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	49.7% 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	97.1% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	26.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '22 at 13:29
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Memory 95 1-Core 129 2-Core 244 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 457 8-Core 675 71% 566 Pts	64-Core 677 42% 677 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1650-$155 259,091 User benchmarks, average bench 43% Gigabyte(1458 4028) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2325 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 497.29 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	49.7% Average	Lighting 61.3 Reflection 64.7 Parallax 64.9 50% 63.6 fps	MRender 74.6 Gravity 57 Splatting 52.4 49% 61.3 fps
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 46%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 113GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKK1B3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 436 448 454 463 389 3 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	Read 420 Write 443 Mixed 345 SusWrite 366 89% 393 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 92.9 4K Mixed 39.2 149% 54.9 MB/s	DQ Read 221 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 165 156% 240 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 102%
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 63GB free Firmware: SAFM00.Y SusWrite @10s intervals: 464 476 470 487 480 489 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 494 Mixed 324 SusWrite 478 100% 446 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 41.8 158% 59.7 MB/s	DQ Read 360 DQ Write 358 DQ Mixed 69.4 132% 262 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2133 C11 4x8GB 250 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	MC Read 28.5 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 24.7 78% 27.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.9 SC Write 24.5 SC Mixed 25 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 57.2 70% 57.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 80%

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

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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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	1,187x
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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	202x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	137x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	249x
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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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