Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	103% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	97.5% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 26 '22 at 19:38
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Memory 97.5 1-Core 120 2-Core 233 86% 150 Pts	4-Core 388 8-Core 634 63% 511 Pts	64-Core 638 40% 638 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% EVGA(3842 1071) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 526.98 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 110 Parallax 126 102% 120 fps	MRender 179 Gravity 123 Splatting 101 106% 134 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 78GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 395 244 104 78 69 80 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	Read 458 Write 413 Mixed 361 SusWrite 162 78% 348 MB/s	4K Read 39.1 4K Write 84.6 4K Mixed 51.8 170% 58.5 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 359 270% 360 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 134%
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 22GB free Firmware: Z22000RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 202 202 202 202 203 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	70.7% Very good	Read 472 Write 203 Mixed 214 SusWrite 202 60% 272 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 90 4K Mixed 14 106% 43.7 MB/s	DQ Read 198 DQ Write 206 DQ Mixed 80.1 94% 161 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 78%
Samsung 870 EVO 500GB-$60 60,851 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 106GB free Firmware: SVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 401 370 368 369 300 247 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 477 Mixed 447 SusWrite 343 99% 442 MB/s	4K Read 45 4K Write 92.5 4K Mixed 58.4 192% 65.3 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 357 268% 359 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 130%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 3TB 8,194 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 414GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 139 140 137 140 138 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Read 169 Write 158 Mixed 79 SusWrite 138 100% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 154% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2448 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	85.1% Excellent	MC Read 31 MC Write 32.3 MC Mixed 27.2 86% 30.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.6 SC Write 23.6 SC Mixed 25.4 65% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 48.1 83% 48.1 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 85%

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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	2,309x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,185x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	790x
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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	202x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	137x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	248x
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 $273	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 $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