Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 91.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	94.5% 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	78.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 28 '18 at 20:02
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing way above expectations (85^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 way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Memory 98.6 1-Core 130 2-Core 251 91% 160 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 673 70% 564 Pts	64-Core 691 43% 691 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1435) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 122 Parallax 115 99% 120 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 106 Splatting 104 85% 104 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Geil ZENITH A3-120GBB 120GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 139 141 107 132 136 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	Read 473 Write 142 Mixed 199 SusWrite 133 52% 237 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 35.5 140% 55.4 MB/s	DQ Read 258 DQ Write 141 DQ Mixed 152 126% 184 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 81%
OCZ Vertex 3 MAX IOPS 240GB-$160 1,284 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 80GB free Firmware: 2.15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 196 221 225 213 232 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Read 399 Write 237 Mixed 250 SusWrite 207 61% 273 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 39.1 156% 61.4 MB/s	DQ Read 310 DQ Write 221 DQ Mixed 294 212% 275 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 91%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 200GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 347 271 293 293 292 293 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 459 Write 448 Mixed 400 SusWrite 298 90% 401 MB/s	4K Read 46.1 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 64.7 218% 77.9 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 359 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 433GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 169 170 168 171 171 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 134 Mixed 84 SusWrite 169 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 167% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 2400 C9 4x4GB 277 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	87.8% Excellent	MC Read 32 MC Write 32.7 MC Mixed 27.1 87% 30.6 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 28.8 72% 25.1 GB/s	Latency 43.2 92% 43.2 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 113%

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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	2,318x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,194x
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 i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16