Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	72.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	183% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	28.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 02 '21 at 17:29
Run Duration	269 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1270 v3 1,918 User benchmarks, average bench 75% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 0.8 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	77% Very good	Memory 89.2 1-Core 114 2-Core 230 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 350 8-Core 614 58% 482 Pts	64-Core 612 38% 612 Pts
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$143 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% MSI(1462 3792) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 2100 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 466.11 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	72.2% Very good	Lighting 95.1 Reflection 93.2 Parallax 81.7 78% 90 fps	MRender 69.6 Gravity 82.9 Splatting 74.2 62% 75.6 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 309GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 534 560 562 569 568 569 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	183% Outstanding	Read 721 Write 587 Mixed 625 SusWrite 560 140% 623 MB/s	4K Read 67.4 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 86.3 285% 96.9 MB/s	DQ Read 771 DQ Write 620 DQ Mixed 895 616% 762 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 183% Great: 355%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 186GB free Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1218 652 666 664 664 662 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	241% Outstanding	Read 1,453 Write 1,317 Mixed 1,162 SusWrite 754 263% 1,171 MB/s	4K Read 66.2 4K Write 163 4K Mixed 89.5 301% 106 MB/s	DQ Read 1,051 DQ Write 895 DQ Mixed 941 714% 962 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 241% Great: 340%
Samsung 870 EVO 500GB-$50 60,851 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 388GB free Firmware: SVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 482 484 482 484 438 354 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 483 Mixed 449 SusWrite 454 107% 474 MB/s	4K Read 48.7 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 65.8 220% 77.1 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 360 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 130%
CT1000BX500SSD1 1TB 46,239 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 931GB free Firmware: M6CR030 SusWrite @10s intervals: 231 236 237 238 239 239 MB/s Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	54.8% Above average	Read 196 Write 218 Mixed 230 SusWrite 237 50% 220 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 34.4 4K Mixed 19.4 83% 26.7 MB/s	DQ Read 157 DQ Write 182 DQ Mixed 35.2 64% 125 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 100%
WD WD15EZRX-00DC0B0 1.5TB 1,212 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 133 135 136 136 136 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	75.8% Very good	Read 131 Write 130 Mixed 80.3 SusWrite 133 87% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.9 185% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 83%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 463GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 103 105 105 105 104 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	59.5% Above average	Read 103 Write 108 Mixed 31.8 SusWrite 104 63% 86.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 124% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 75%
WD My Passport 0741 1TB 1,389 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 581GB free, PID 0741 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 106 106 106 108 107 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	45% Average	Read 102 Write 100 Mixed 59.9 SusWrite 106 124% 92.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 108% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 6,625 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1881 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	69.3% Good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 25.8 MC Mixed 22.1 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 21.3 SC Mixed 22 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 68.3 59% 68.3 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 62%

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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	2,309x
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	790x
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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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