Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Speed boat


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 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	50.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	138% 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	4.6 Days
Run Date	Oct 17 '18 at 23:13
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

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 i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Memory 96.1 1-Core 122 2-Core 227 85% 148 Pts	4-Core 362 8-Core 605 59% 484 Pts	64-Core 656 41% 656 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1475 MHz, MLim: 1757 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 411.70 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	50.4% Above average	Lighting 62.1 Reflection 67.3 Parallax 60.2 51% 63.2 fps	MRender 72.1 Gravity 60.5 Splatting 53.9 50% 62.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 113GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 531 229 224 222 221 244 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	138% Outstanding	Read 734 Write 626 Mixed 422 SusWrite 278 115% 515 MB/s	4K Read 44 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 49.7 199% 74.4 MB/s	DQ Read 781 DQ Write 643 DQ Mixed 614 486% 679 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 138% Great: 236%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$24 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 134GB free Firmware: SC13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 102 102 103 102 103 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	59.4% Above average	Read 105 Write 100 Mixed 53.5 SusWrite 102 66% 90.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 145% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 60%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$24 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 151GB free Firmware: SC13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 83 83 85 85 84 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	49% Average	Read 87.2 Write 90 Mixed 50.3 SusWrite 83.4 57% 77.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMY8GX3M2A2400C11 0215 CMY8GX3M2A2400C11 0215 CMY8GX3M2A2133C11 0215 CMY8GX3M2A2133C11 16GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 1800, 1800, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	75% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 23.4 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 24.3 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 53.5 75% 53.5 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 78%

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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	2,303x
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	201x
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 $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