Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 90.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	86.7% 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	142% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 31 '19 at 16:16
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Memory 97.3 1-Core 138 2-Core 264 94% 166 Pts	4-Core 451 8-Core 705 71% 578 Pts	64-Core 699 43% 699 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 660-Ti-$362 42,960 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Asus(1043 841F) 2GB CLim: 1254 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 441.8 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	28.2% Poor	Lighting 34.2 Reflection 32.6 Parallax 41.4 28% 36.1 fps	MRender 40.4 Gravity 40.6 Splatting 27.5 29% 36.2 fps
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 28.2% Great: 29%
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% PNY(196E 119D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2202 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.8 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 118 Parallax 111 87% 112 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 101 Splatting 107 86% 104 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 11,317 User benchmarks, average bench 264% 658GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 662 655 612 552 526 510 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	142% Outstanding	Read 920 Write 869 Mixed 542 SusWrite 586 163% 729 MB/s	4K Read 41.5 4K Write 60.6 4K Mixed 47.2 155% 49.8 MB/s	DQ Read 696 DQ Write 258 DQ Mixed 222 231% 392 MB/s
Poor: 120% ↑ This bench: 142% Great: 445%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 162 164 163 162 164 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	90% Outstanding	Read 152 Write 115 Mixed 78.3 SusWrite 162 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 114%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 500GB 3,334 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 460GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 142 143 143 140 142 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	81% Excellent	Read 141 Write 71.8 Mixed 75.5 SusWrite 142 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 179% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 88%
ADATA USB Flash Drive 32GB 721 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 12GB free, PID dd1a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 21 21 22 22 22 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	25.6% Poor	Read 120 Write 16.8 Mixed 50 SusWrite 21.5 55% 52.1 MB/s	4K Read 5.9 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 2.2 120% 2.93 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 25.6% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 4x4GB 4,979 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	MC Read 31.7 MC Write 32.1 MC Mixed 27.5 87% 30.4 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 25 SC Mixed 28.4 71% 24.8 GB/s	Latency 49.3 81% 49.3 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 103%

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

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus Z97-A - $150

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,301x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,182x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	419x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	787x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	340x
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	247x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	150x
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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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