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Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 90.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	63.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	118% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140930
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 28 '18 at 18:47
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing way above expectations (91^st 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 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Memory 95.9 1-Core 136 2-Core 269 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 463 8-Core 726 73% 594 Pts	64-Core 716 44% 716 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8506) CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	63.5% Good	Lighting 80.6 Reflection 84.8 Parallax 81.4 66% 82.3 fps	MRender 79.8 Gravity 73.2 Splatting 66.7 59% 73.2 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 435GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 482 477 469 292 287 288 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 467 Write 449 Mixed 433 SusWrite 382 98% 433 MB/s	4K Read 38.9 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 54.1 192% 70.9 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 362 273% 365 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 129%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 999GB 64,984 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 930GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 186 186 185 183 189 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 202 Write 182 Mixed 104 SusWrite 185 123% 168 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 239% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 655 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1632 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	63.3% Good	MC Read 22.3 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 18.9 61% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 21.7 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 54.3 74% 54.3 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 63%

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

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Typical Z97-A Builds (Compare 5,225 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-A - $150

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,392x
Core i5-4690KIntel $43Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,233x
Core i7-4790Intel $115Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	444x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	818x
GTX 1070Nvidia $200Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	356x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	314x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	284x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	209x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	140x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	261x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	161x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	126x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $798

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