Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 42% Speed boat


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 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 91.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	47.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	75.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	29.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 10 '18 at 23:36
Run Duration	232 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Memory 94.9 1-Core 147 2-Core 276 96% 172 Pts	4-Core 469 8-Core 770 76% 620 Pts	64-Core 772 48% 772 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6593) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2827 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.22 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	47.8% Average	Lighting 54 Reflection 62.3 Parallax 50.6 44% 55.6 fps	MRender 77.1 Gravity 54 Splatting 70.4 55% 67.2 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba HG6 256GB 4,588 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 156GB free (System drive) Firmware: JURA0101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 169 151 186 164 180 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	75.1% Very good	Read 452 Write 260 Mixed 415 SusWrite 169 72% 324 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 29.6 133% 53.3 MB/s	DQ Read 172 DQ Write 134 DQ Mixed 142 109% 150 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 109%
Crucial MX200 500GB-$90 17,487 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 155GB free Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 185 193 177 176 169 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Read 423 Write 348 Mixed 298 SusWrite 181 70% 313 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 42.2 161% 62.9 MB/s	DQ Read 148 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 135 126% 190 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 105%
Kingston HyperX Predator AHCI PCIe M.2 240GB-$141 6,458 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 151GB free Firmware: OC34L5TA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 475 468 470 485 487 490 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 568 Write 588 Mixed 440 SusWrite 479 117% 519 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 83.4 4K Mixed 36.6 142% 51.3 MB/s	DQ Read 426 DQ Write 147 DQ Mixed 87.8 117% 220 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 159%
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 203GB free Firmware: M0CR040 SusWrite @10s intervals: 204 208 206 200 212 190 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Read 421 Write 469 Mixed 379 SusWrite 203 83% 368 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 41.1 152% 59.1 MB/s	DQ Read 169 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 200 165% 231 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 183GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 100 101 101 101 101 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	55.3% Above average	Read 92.1 Write 61 Mixed 63.1 SusWrite 101 58% 79.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 116% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 114%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 47 40 39 40 42 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	51.9% Above average	Read 138 Write 130 Mixed 52.4 SusWrite 42.7 66% 90.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 179% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 156 163 160 165 164 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 206 Write 129 Mixed 77.4 SusWrite 162 105% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 4x8GB 8,984 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	61.2% Good	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 19.2 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 18.8 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 57.4 70% 57.4 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 63%

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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	2,306x
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	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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Total price: $798

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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