Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 151% UFO	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 127% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 84%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	187% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 25 '21 at 05:29
Run Duration	231 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing as expected (41^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Memory 91.4 1-Core 125 2-Core 241 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 643 65% 528 Pts	64-Core 652 40% 652 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3080-$625 424,051 User benchmarks, average bench 187% MSI(1462 3896) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 10GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	187% Outstanding	Lighting 268 Reflection 249 Parallax 272 218% 263 fps	MRender 313 Gravity 231 Splatting 175 189% 240 fps
Poor: 163% ↑ This bench: 187% Great: 202%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3G37R5 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 454 Write 386 Mixed 220 78% 353 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 66.6 4K Mixed 33.3 120% 42.5 MB/s	DQ Read 249 DQ Write 156 DQ Mixed 168 135% 191 MB/s
Poor: 49% Great: 88%
WDC WDBNCE5000PNC 500GB 11,302 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 234GB free Firmware: X61130WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 287 343 405 399 406 403 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	95.9% Outstanding	Read 473 Write 455 Mixed 370 SusWrite 374 94% 418 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 58.3 4K Mixed 36.9 123% 41.6 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 287 234% 333 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 118%
Asmt 2115 256GB 374 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 102GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 216 199 202 200 197 201 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	53.1% Above average	Read 353 Write 167 Mixed 74 SusWrite 202 44% 199 MB/s	4K Read 17.5 4K Write 35 4K Mixed 17.4 67% 23.3 MB/s	DQ Read 138 DQ Write 136 DQ Mixed 102 86% 125 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 71%
Seagate ST2000LM003 HN-M201RAD 2TB 50,772 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 408GB free Firmware: 2BC10006 SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 60 60 61 61 61 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	44.9% Average	Read 95.8 Write 74.5 Mixed 53.8 SusWrite 60.2 52% 71.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 186% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 70%
Seagate ST10000NE0004-1ZF101 10TB 308 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 261GB free Firmware: EN01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 126 126 126 127 127 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Read 198 Write 196 Mixed 103 SusWrite 125 114% 156 MB/s	4K Read 2.6 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 0.7 268% 2.57 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 131%
SanDisk uSD SDDR-289 125GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 107GB free, PID b6ba Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 14 16 16 14 15 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	11.1% Very poor	Read 38.7 Write 11.3 Mixed 32.5 SusWrite 14.8 30% 24.3 MB/s	4K Read 5.6 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 2.3 109% 2.73 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 11.1% Great: 28%
SanDisk SD SDDR-289 32GB 92 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 12GB free, PID b6ba Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.7 1.9 2 2 1.6 4.9 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	10.5% Very poor	Read 42.2 Write 35 Mixed 13.7 SusWrite 2.3 28% 23.3 MB/s	4K Read 3.3 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 1.7 104% 2 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 10.5% Great: 36%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 782GB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 75 76 76 75 75 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	32.8% Below average	Read 89.3 Write 85 Mixed 54.3 SusWrite 75.2 101% 75.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.2 46% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905402-544.A00LF KHX1866C10D3/4G 9905402-544.A00LF KHX1866C10D3/4G 16GB 1333, 1333, 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	50.7% Above average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 18 MC Mixed 15.4 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 16.8 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 65 62% 65 ns

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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	1,187x
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	249x
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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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