Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 78.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	51.4% 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	85.4% 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

14 months ago, 10 months ago, 10 months ago, 10 months ago, 10 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 26 '23 at 23:46
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5775C-$250 2,527 User benchmarks, average bench 85% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	Memory 93.8 1-Core 114 2-Core 206 80% 138 Pts	4-Core 341 8-Core 536 54% 438 Pts	64-Core 550 34% 550 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% PowerColor(148C 2372) CLim: 1330 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 23.4.3 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	51.4% Above average	Lighting 64.7 Reflection 62.6 Parallax 87.8 53% 71.7 fps	MRender 65.2 Gravity 73 Splatting 46.5 49% 61.6 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS900 500GB SSD 16,267 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 369GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS900613 SusWrite @10s intervals: 298 299 211 96 96 66 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Read 475 Write 346 Mixed 338 SusWrite 178 75% 334 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 72.9 4K Mixed 37.8 138% 48.2 MB/s	DQ Read 272 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 218 184% 267 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 96%
Spcc M.2 PCIe SSD 1TB 8,589 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 454GB free Firmware: VC0S036I Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 606 619 628 652 655 655 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Read 691 Write 660 Mixed 639 SusWrite 636 148% 656 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 68.7 4K Mixed 48.2 156% 51.6 MB/s	DQ Read 520 DQ Write 471 DQ Mixed 488 368% 493 MB/s
Poor: 145% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 320%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 671GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 135 136 136 138 137 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	Read 162 Write 152 Mixed 88.6 SusWrite 136 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 240% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 931GB free Firmware: CC49 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 185 195 194 172 182 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	Read 163 Write 128 Mixed 86.6 SusWrite 182 103% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 167% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GBH2X04H1BB31-16 2x8GB 367 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	MC Read 41.6 MC Write 25.8 MC Mixed 29.2 92% 32.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 19.6 SC Mixed 21.4 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 60.3 66% 60.3 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 80%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-A - $150

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,306x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,184x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	789x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	341x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	307x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	270x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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