Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 81.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	14.3% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	51.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 06 '22 at 16:36
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Memory 93.9 1-Core 114 2-Core 211 81% 140 Pts	4-Core 373 8-Core 615 60% 494 Pts	64-Core 593 37% 593 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GT 1030 185,384 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Gigabyte(1458 375C) 2GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	14.3% Very poor	Lighting 17.8 Reflection 18 Parallax 18.1 14% 18 fps	MRender 15.7 Gravity 18.6 Splatting 16.4 14% 16.9 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 14.3% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 120GB-$79 15,015 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 91 87 77 87 76 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	51.1% Above average	Read 427 Write 92.8 Mixed 135 SusWrite 81 40% 184 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 17.2 4K Mixed 21.7 88% 24.1 MB/s	DQ Read 73.8 DQ Write 37 DQ Mixed 38.1 33% 49.6 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 79%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$45 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 385GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 142 145 143 145 145 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	69.1% Good	Read 96.3 Write 68.2 Mixed 57.2 SusWrite 143 67% 91.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 2.3 400% 2.83 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 926GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 166 179 170 176 175 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	66.1% Good	Read 56.5 Write 122 Mixed 22.2 SusWrite 173 67% 93.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 5.4 4K Mixed 0.5 176% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 90%
Seagate Backup+ Desk 2TB 1,551 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 285GB free Firmware: 0508 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 161 162 161 160 161 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Read 127 Write 88.6 Mixed 73.4 SusWrite 159 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 102%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 245 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	69.7% Good	MC Read 25.2 MC Write 25.4 MC Mixed 21.8 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 22 SC Mixed 23.2 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 60 67% 60 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 70%

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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	2,310x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,186x
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 $90Bench 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 $269	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 $178	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