Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	108% 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	90.2% 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	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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	27.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 22 '18 at 23:27
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing as expected (56^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Memory 93.7 1-Core 120 2-Core 212 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 679 67% 548 Pts	64-Core 680 42% 680 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 148 Parallax 129 117% 140 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 138 Splatting 108 97% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX Predator AHCI PCIe M.2 240GB-$141 6,458 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C4005T2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 273 81 89 55 43 177 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Read 600 Write 630 Mixed 256 SusWrite 120 89% 401 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 91.7 4K Mixed 38.1 144% 53.5 MB/s	DQ Read 345 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 109 143% 259 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 159%
WD Red 6TB (2014)-$105 11,340 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 136 140 140 139 139 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	89.8% Excellent	Read 175 Write 164 Mixed 90 SusWrite 138 104% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 212% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 89.8% Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 351GB free Firmware: CC49 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 112 112 110 111 112 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	65.2% Good	Read 116 Write 79 Mixed 69.3 SusWrite 111 69% 93.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 184% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 288 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	80.9% Excellent	MC Read 29.6 MC Write 31.6 MC Mixed 26.8 84% 29.3 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 22.3 SC Mixed 23.1 59% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 60.6 66% 60.6 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 88%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	2,305x
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) $30	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