Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 83.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	81.9% 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	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	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140930
Uptime	14.4 Days
Run Date	Sep 06 '19 at 19:24
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Memory 93.2 1-Core 126 2-Core 248 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 402 8-Core 644 64% 523 Pts	64-Core 656 41% 656 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8597) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.1% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 112 Parallax 104 82% 106 fps	MRender 96.5 Gravity 93 Splatting 97.3 78% 95.6 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 91GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 231 213 186 212 212 198 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Read 394 Write 329 Mixed 281 SusWrite 209 68% 303 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 35.6 137% 55.7 MB/s	DQ Read 221 DQ Write 289 DQ Mixed 149 142% 220 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 261GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 127 122 125 126 128 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	69.5% Good	Read 116 Write 88.7 Mixed 69.7 SusWrite 126 74% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 114%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$75 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 126GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 134 133 132 135 132 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	65.6% Good	Read 94.2 Write 83.2 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 133 61% 84.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 2.1 380% 2.83 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 108%
WD Blue SSHD 4TB (2015)-$65 1,900 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 74 74 74 72 74 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	35.5% Below average	Read 49.5 Write 72.2 Mixed 69 SusWrite 73.6 49% 66.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 35.5% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB 48,796 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	60.1% Good	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.6 59% 20.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 22.3 SC Mixed 18.1 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 61.6 65% 61.6 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 63%

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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	2,303x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,183x
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	136x

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 $275	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) $35	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