Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 118% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 100% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 95.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	122% 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	155% 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.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 05 '18 at 14:39
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Memory 97.8 1-Core 103 2-Core 276 87% 159 Pts	4-Core 502 8-Core 746 78% 624 Pts	64-Core 745 46% 745 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 374C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	122% Outstanding	Lighting 166 Reflection 195 Parallax 173 135% 178 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 175 Splatting 123 114% 140 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor PX-1TM8PeY 1TB 190 User benchmarks, average bench 194% 316GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.06 SusWrite @10s intervals: 768 688 811 751 714 723 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	155% Outstanding	Read 1,155 Write 1,210 Mixed 652 SusWrite 743 211% 940 MB/s	4K Read 36 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 56.6 191% 71 MB/s	DQ Read 28.7 DQ Write 135 DQ Mixed 52.5 49% 72 MB/s
Poor: 102% ↑ This bench: 155% Great: 243%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 380GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 155 155 155 156 157 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Read 153 Write 51.9 Mixed 72 SusWrite 155 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	MC Read 31.6 MC Write 32.3 MC Mixed 27.3 87% 30.4 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 25.9 SC Mixed 27.6 71% 25 GB/s	Latency 47 85% 47 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 85%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-A - $150

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,301x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,182x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	419x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	787x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	340x
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	201x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	136x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	247x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	150x
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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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