Asus Z97-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 89.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	146% 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	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	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 02 '18 at 17:56
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 (98^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Memory 95.6 1-Core 126 2-Core 258 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 445 8-Core 679 70% 562 Pts	64-Core 686 42% 686 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2978) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.36 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$43 14,860 User benchmarks, average bench 151% 125GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM04.C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 506 592 592 588 592 428 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	146% Outstanding	Read 602 Write 631 Mixed 583 SusWrite 550 133% 591 MB/s	4K Read 38.1 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 52.6 187% 69.2 MB/s	DQ Read 778 DQ Write 601 DQ Mixed 297 329% 559 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 146% Great: 210%
Corsair Force 3 120GB-$109 22,358 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 106GB free Firmware: 5.02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 92 96 96 92 84 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	61.1% Good	Read 189 Write 126 Mixed 144 SusWrite 91.6 31% 138 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 32.4 140% 57.3 MB/s	DQ Read 143 DQ Write 100 DQ Mixed 112 86% 118 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 61%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 435GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 168 171 170 171 169 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	95.8% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 101 Mixed 81 SusWrite 169 95% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 325 337 343 340 342 337 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 55% Great: 112%
Seagate ST32000542AS 2TB-$100 19,960 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 97GB free Firmware: CC37 SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 47 50 51 53 51 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	29.8% Poor	Read 54 Write 43.2 Mixed 30 SusWrite 49.7 32% 44.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 151% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 29.8% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 34,385 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	60.5% Good	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 21.5 MC Mixed 18.1 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 23.4 SC Mixed 20.4 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 55.2 72% 55.2 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 63%

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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	1,186x
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 $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