Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 91%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	81.4% 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	104% 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	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140707
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 07 '20 at 01:57
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (60^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 (100^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	Memory 98.2 1-Core 132 2-Core 262 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 705 71% 579 Pts	64-Core 696 43% 696 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91% 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: 436.15 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.4% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 112 Parallax 106 82% 106 fps	MRender 97.1 Gravity 95.8 Splatting 98.3 80% 97.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 595GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 250 313 373 379 379 381 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 468 Write 432 Mixed 421 SusWrite 346 94% 417 MB/s	4K Read 36.7 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 38.4 158% 58.4 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 358 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 133%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 335GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 251 314 372 378 378 381 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	98.8% Outstanding	Read 458 Write 215 Mixed 274 SusWrite 346 72% 323 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 92.8 4K Mixed 42.4 145% 54.2 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 264 DQ Mixed 255 208% 298 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 126%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 232GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 251 254 287 287 288 289 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 456 Write 435 Mixed 370 SusWrite 276 86% 384 MB/s	4K Read 36.9 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 41.6 162% 59.7 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 158 175% 296 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 124%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 731GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 161 163 162 162 162 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Read 158 Write 152 Mixed 90.9 SusWrite 161 103% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 191% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 24,592 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	MC Read 32.6 MC Write 33.3 MC Mixed 27.9 89% 31.3 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 27.6 70% 24.7 GB/s	Latency 45.3 88% 45.3 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 88%

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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	2,306x
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	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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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