Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 114% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 96% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (98th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 2 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	113% 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	71.2% 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, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 30 '18 at 17:44
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing way above expectations (98^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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 97.6 1-Core 143 2-Core 266 95% 169 Pts	4-Core 558 8-Core 755 83% 657 Pts	64-Core 760 47% 760 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2725 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.46 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Lighting 150 Reflection 162 Parallax 139 122% 150 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 146 Splatting 119 106% 130 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 90GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 107 105 95 49 2.4 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	71.2% Very good	Read 268 Write 150 Mixed 171 SusWrite 73.6 37% 166 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 41.7 164% 63.1 MB/s	DQ Read 116 DQ Write 150 DQ Mixed 112 91% 126 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 73%
Toshiba OCZ TL100 240GB-$56 10,555 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 165GB free Firmware: SBFZ10.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 340 101 99 99 96 83 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 296 Mixed 368 SusWrite 136 72% 324 MB/s	4K Read 41.6 4K Write 95.4 4K Mixed 41.2 166% 59.4 MB/s	DQ Read 332 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 217 194% 291 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 89%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2TB free Firmware: CC3C SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 137 137 138 135 132 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Read 138 Write 141 Mixed 64.5 SusWrite 136 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C9 4x4GB 1,392 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2000 MHz clocked @ 2200 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	MC Read 29.3 MC Write 29.8 MC Mixed 25.1 80% 28.1 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 26.5 SC Mixed 26.5 72% 25.2 GB/s	Latency 47.7 84% 47.7 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 82%

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

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-A - $150

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,310x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,185x
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 $94Bench 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 $273	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 $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