Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	67.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	352% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 24 '22 at 03:19
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Memory 94.2 1-Core 131 2-Core 238 88% 154 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 676 70% 562 Pts	64-Core 658 41% 658 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1513 MHz, MLim: 1757 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 511.79 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	67.8% Good	Lighting 83.2 Reflection 112 Parallax 71.5 68% 88.8 fps	MRender 89.2 Gravity 87.1 Splatting 75.5 68% 83.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$106 276,089 User benchmarks, average bench 394% 847GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1035 2038 2252 2304 2331 2047 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	352% Outstanding	Read 2,411 Write 2,344 Mixed 2,241 SusWrite 2,001 507% 2,249 MB/s	4K Read 72.7 4K Write 149 4K Mixed 95.1 311% 106 MB/s	DQ Read 1,003 DQ Write 631 DQ Mixed 848 624% 827 MB/s
Poor: 274% ↑ This bench: 352% Great: 488%
Samsung 850 Evo 2TB-$275 8,527 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 831GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 486 490 488 490 491 490 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	132% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 484 Mixed 416 SusWrite 489 107% 475 MB/s	4K Read 43.4 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 61.8 211% 76.8 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 359 270% 360 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 135%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-433.A00LF 4x4GB 39 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	61.9% Good	MC Read 22 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 18.6 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 23.4 SC Mixed 19.8 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 59.2 68% 59.2 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 63%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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	2,318x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,194x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	421x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	794x
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	273x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	202x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	138x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	252x
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 $239	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16