Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


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 76.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	60.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	49.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 06 '24 at 19:03
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	1%

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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 i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	76.7% Very good	Memory 88.2 1-Core 111 2-Core 215 79% 138 Pts	4-Core 353 8-Core 536 55% 444 Pts	64-Core 557 34% 557 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 590-$200 122,060 User benchmarks, average bench 57% XFX(1682 9587) CLim: 1580 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 23.11.1 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	60.5% Good	Lighting 76.9 Reflection 70.3 Parallax 107 63% 84.7 fps	MRender 70 Gravity 88.4 Splatting 54 56% 70.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD 256GB-$150 2,567 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 137GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.0.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 283 303 275 289 327 316 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	49.4% Average	Read 448 Write 335 Mixed 105 SusWrite 299 66% 297 MB/s	4K Read 16.5 4K Write 9.2 4K Mixed 8.8 41% 11.5 MB/s	DQ Read 33.9 DQ Write 10.1 DQ Mixed 12.3 12% 18.8 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 54%
Samsung MZVLB256HBHQ-000L7 256GB 10,512 User benchmarks, average bench 188% 131GB free Firmware: 5M2QEXH7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 470 420 415 418 418 414 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	147% Outstanding	Read 714 Write 582 Mixed 602 SusWrite 426 130% 581 MB/s	4K Read 48.3 4K Write 88.4 4K Mixed 60.4 197% 65.7 MB/s	DQ Read 778 DQ Write 624 DQ Mixed 739 543% 714 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 147% Great: 279%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5403-067.A00LF 4x4GB 157 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	51.6% Above average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 15.5 50% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 19.6 SC Mixed 17.9 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 70.8 56% 70.8 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 61%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 56: 0P 5R 10G 1B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
56%	41%	39	447	324	60	27"	1280 720	DEL407F DELL U2713HM

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-A - $150

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,320x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,195x
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 $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	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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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