Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	116% 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	158% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

12 months ago, 12 months ago, 12 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	4.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 07 '23 at 22:26
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (48^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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	71.3% Very good	Memory 76.2 1-Core 108 2-Core 213 74% 132 Pts	4-Core 382 8-Core 391 52% 387 Pts	64-Core 423 26% 423 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Asus(1043 8708) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 531.41 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	116% Outstanding	Lighting 151 Reflection 149 Parallax 148 123% 149 fps	MRender 182 Gravity 131 Splatting 118 114% 144 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate FireCuda 520LE SSD ZP1000GM30012 1TB 148 User benchmarks, average bench 349% 840GB free (System drive) Firmware: STNSC016 SusWrite @10s intervals: 351 548 655 714 721 726 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	158% Outstanding	Read 654 Write 716 Mixed 684 SusWrite 619 151% 668 MB/s	4K Read 40.1 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 61.1 193% 67.6 MB/s	DQ Read 754 DQ Write 762 DQ Mixed 1,084 725% 867 MB/s
Poor: 158% ↑ This bench: 158% Great: 499%
Samsung HM500JI 500GB-$100 8,795 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 144GB free Firmware: 2AC101C4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 65 64 64 65 65 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	39.5% Below average	Read 73 Write 46.3 Mixed 49.7 SusWrite 64.2 43% 58.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 143% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 39.5% Great: 47%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 44,086 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	60.5% Good	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 23.1 MC Mixed 19.6 62% 21.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 18.4 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 87.9 46% 87.9 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 64%

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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	2,310x
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 $177	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