Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 80% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 77.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	126% 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	93.6% 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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	7 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 17 '18 at 10:10
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing as expected (46^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 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	Memory 90.7 1-Core 110 2-Core 227 81% 143 Pts	4-Core 352 8-Core 578 57% 465 Pts	64-Core 528 33% 528 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 37A7) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.22 Performing below potential (62^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	126% Outstanding	Lighting 171 Reflection 168 Parallax 167 140% 169 fps	MRender 188 Gravity 150 Splatting 109 117% 149 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB-$215 19,372 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 304 360 371 143 95 94 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Read 451 Write 377 Mixed 288 SusWrite 228 75% 336 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 39.7 153% 60.2 MB/s	DQ Read 343 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 317 243% 329 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 104%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 113GB free Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 504 323 322 321 323 321 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	Read 674 Write 580 Mixed 415 SusWrite 352 113% 505 MB/s	4K Read 37.7 4K Write 97 4K Mixed 46 167% 60.2 MB/s	DQ Read 791 DQ Write 642 DQ Mixed 720 538% 718 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 236%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 19GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 49 48 48 48 47 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	33.9% Below average	Read 69.5 Write 65 Mixed 49.5 SusWrite 48 43% 58 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 155% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 33.9% Great: 51%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 322GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 77 74 77 77 78 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	47.9% Average	Read 90 Write 90.2 Mixed 48.3 SusWrite 77 56% 76.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 58%
WD WD6003FZBX-00K5WB0 6TB 9,527 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 5.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 240 243 244 241 245 242 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	136% Outstanding	Read 230 Write 243 Mixed 110 SusWrite 242 151% 206 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 1.8 353% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 138%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-17000CL11-4GBXL 0215 CMX4GX3M2A1600C9 0420 F3-17000CL11-4GBXL 0215 CMX4GX3M2A1600C9 12GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2133, 1600, 2133, 1600 MHz 4096, 2048, 4096, 2048 MB Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.1% Average	MC Read 17 MC Write 17.8 MC Mixed 14.8 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 15.8 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 66.2 60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 58%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus Z97-A - $150

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,313x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,193x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	793x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	342x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	309x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	272x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	202x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	138x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	250x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	152x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16