Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 92.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	102% 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	235% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Run History

4 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	26 Days
Run Date	Nov 07 '19 at 08:00
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing as expected (60^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Memory 98.1 1-Core 130 2-Core 272 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 688 72% 578 Pts	64-Core 699 43% 699 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.39 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 144 Parallax 120 106% 131 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 130 Splatting 107 95% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 44,403 User benchmarks, average bench 196% 357GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXY70H1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 811 490 448 466 473 472 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	235% Outstanding	Read 1,912 Write 1,431 Mixed 884 SusWrite 527 264% 1,188 MB/s	4K Read 56.4 4K Write 156 4K Mixed 78.9 269% 97 MB/s	DQ Read 1,078 DQ Write 862 DQ Mixed 956 719% 965 MB/s
Poor: 126% ↑ This bench: 235% Great: 259%
WD Black 4TB (2012)-$323 4,113 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 220GB free Firmware: 01.01L01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 93 95 95 95 95 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	48.3% Average	Read 73.5 Write 81 Mixed 72 SusWrite 94.2 59% 80.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 203% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 93%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 8,981 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 351GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 50 53 52 52 55 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 56% Great: 184%
Samsung Flash Drive DUO 128GB 597 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 69GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 37 36 36 38 40 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	20.5% Poor	Read 43 Write 36.5 Mixed 42.5 SusWrite 38.5 54% 40.1 MB/s	4K Read 4 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 2.3 148% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 20.5% Great: 48%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 4x4GB 4,979 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	MC Read 31.4 MC Write 32.4 MC Mixed 27.1 87% 30.3 GB/s	SC Read 21.4 SC Write 24.4 SC Mixed 27.5 70% 24.4 GB/s	Latency 45.4 88% 45.4 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 103%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-A - $150

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,310x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,185x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	791x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	342x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	307x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	271x
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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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $798

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16