Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 80.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	108% 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	100% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Dec 01 '18 at 02:32
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing as expected (49^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 121 2-Core 223 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 373 8-Core 627 61% 500 Pts	64-Core 638 40% 638 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Nvidia(10DE 12FF) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.1 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 137 Reflection 131 Parallax 146 112% 138 fps	MRender 176 Gravity 130 Splatting 105 108% 137 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 98GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 416 175 63 54 50 50 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 480 Mixed 377 SusWrite 135 83% 372 MB/s	4K Read 40.3 4K Write 97.4 4K Mixed 53.3 181% 63.7 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 251 217% 322 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 126%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 750GB-$60 30,974 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 64GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 73 72 73 72 71 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	45.5% Average	Read 86.3 Write 87.8 Mixed 57.2 SusWrite 71.9 56% 75.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 183% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 60%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 279GB free Firmware: CR100-11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 66 64 66 65 65 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	37.7% Below average	Read 65.8 Write 68.7 Mixed 44.5 SusWrite 65.4 45% 61.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 131% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 44%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 315GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 50 49 50 50 50 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	31.2% Below average	Read 58.3 Write 56 Mixed 43.7 SusWrite 49.8 38% 52 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 31.2% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 43,127 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31.8% Below average	MC Read 10.5 MC Write 10.5 MC Mixed 8.9 28% 9.97 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 10.3 SC Mixed 9.8 28% 9.73 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 31.8% Great: 63%

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

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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	2,304x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,184x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	789x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	341x
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	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 $279	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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	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