Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 83.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	83.8% 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

16 months ago, 16 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140711
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '23 at 08:05
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 116 2-Core 248 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 603 62% 500 Pts	64-Core 602 37% 602 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 528.02 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 112 Parallax 102 86% 107 fps	MRender 95 Gravity 102 Splatting 100 81% 99 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 88%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Team T253512GB 512GB 3,987 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 436GB free (System drive) Firmware: V4.30.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 405 426 440 439 435 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Read 464 Write 421 Mixed 342 SusWrite 386 91% 404 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 75.6 4K Mixed 19.3 112% 42.1 MB/s	DQ Read 182 DQ Write 215 DQ Mixed 26.2 68% 141 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 102%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	70% Good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 26 MC Mixed 21.9 70% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 24.5 SC Mixed 22.1 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 62.3 64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 69%

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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	2,318x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,194x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	420x

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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	202x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	138x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	251x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16