Asus Z97-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 78.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	79.5% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	8.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140930
Uptime	11.8 Days
Run Date	May 03 '19 at 11:01
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (44^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 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	Memory 84.7 1-Core 120 2-Core 223 81% 143 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 596 61% 494 Pts	64-Core 536 33% 536 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1430 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.1 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Z400s 256GB-$221 10,770 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z2320000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 272 278 290 312 310 309 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	Read 473 Write 315 Mixed 214 SusWrite 295 72% 324 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 14.1 113% 48.7 MB/s	DQ Read 196 DQ Write 262 DQ Mixed 82.5 103% 180 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 84%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 98GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 95 95 95 97 95 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	60.2% Good	Read 114 Write 102 Mixed 66.3 SusWrite 95.4 69% 94.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 195% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 83%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 162GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 81 82 83 81 81 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	63.3% Good	Read 138 Write 139 Mixed 117 SusWrite 81.7 88% 119 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 0.7 175% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$88 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 895GB free Firmware: CC1H SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 109 111 111 111 113 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	52.9% Above average	Read 73.5 Write 69.3 Mixed 43.5 SusWrite 111 54% 74.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 1 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 70%
WD Black 4TB (2016)-$174 9,888 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 118 123 119 119 123 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	69.5% Good	Read 121 Write 130 Mixed 69.5 SusWrite 120 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 0.8 210% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 113%

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 @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.5% Average	MC Read 17 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 15.8 48% 17 GB/s	SC Read 11.5 SC Write 17.6 SC Mixed 15.9 43% 15 GB/s	Latency 72.2 55% 72.2 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 85%

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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