Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


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 89.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	111% 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	63% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 15 '19 at 13:01
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	18%

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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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Memory 94.9 1-Core 133 2-Core 255 91% 161 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 661 69% 555 Pts	64-Core 681 42% 681 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Zotac(19DA 3511) ≥ 4GB; ZOTAC RTX 2070 AMP Extreme CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3600 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 418.91 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	111% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 131 Parallax 147 116% 140 fps	MRender 185 Gravity 135 Splatting 90.5 107% 137 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 160 144 45 39 62 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	63% Good	Read 395 Write 229 Mixed 151 SusWrite 103 48% 220 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 41.4 4K Mixed 27 90% 30.1 MB/s	DQ Read 336 DQ Write 246 DQ Mixed 123 138% 235 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 101%
Corsair Force 3 120GB-$109 22,358 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 70GB free Firmware: 5.07 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 101 97 102 72 56 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	44.8% Average	Read 177 Write 122 Mixed 132 SusWrite 88 29% 130 MB/s	4K Read 19.3 4K Write 47.3 4K Mixed 24.5 86% 30.4 MB/s	DQ Read 144 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 91.8 79% 118 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 61%
WD Blue 500GB-$84 19,345 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 178GB free Firmware: X41110WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 411 308 305 299 299 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	Read 437 Write 427 Mixed 326 SusWrite 320 85% 378 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 33.5 4K Mixed 26.1 84% 27.1 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 252 212% 307 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 192 196 198 197 197 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 203 Write 156 Mixed 85.5 SusWrite 195 117% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 127% 1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9 16GB 234 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 1867, 1333, 1333, 1867 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	68.2% Good	MC Read 23.8 MC Write 25.3 MC Mixed 21.3 67% 23.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 24 SC Mixed 22.4 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 57.4 70% 57.4 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 78%

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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	2,304x
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