Asus Z97-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 85.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	51.5% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 15 '19 at 08:55
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 84.9 2-Core 221 75% 133 Pts	4-Core 423 8-Core 637 66% 530 Pts	64-Core 624 39% 624 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 85.3% 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: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	51.5% Above average	Lighting 62.4 Reflection 71.3 Parallax 61.2 51% 64.9 fps	MRender 74.9 Gravity 60.4 Splatting 60 53% 65.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 439GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 136 141 149 159 155 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Read 163 Write 166 Mixed 118 SusWrite 143 109% 148 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.2 239% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 108%
WDC WD20 03FZEX-00SRLA0 2TB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1.5TB free, PID 0567 SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 1.5 1.8 1.1 0.2 0.1 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	31.5% Below average	Read 134 Write 149 Mixed 79.6 SusWrite 8.7 118% 92.9 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 0.9 143% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 31.5% Great: 75%
WDC WD10 01FALS-00J7B 1TB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 461GB free, PID 0711 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 80 80 81 82 81 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	37.3% Below average	Read 81.6 Write 80.3 Mixed 62.3 SusWrite 80.5 103% 76.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.8 116% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 45%
WDC WD40 EFRX-68N32N0 4TB 86 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1.5TB free, PID 0567 SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 19 18 18 19 19 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	37.1% Below average	Read 156 Write 161 Mixed 84 SusWrite 25.4 134% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 133% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 68%
WDC WD40 EFRX-68WT0N0 4TB 62 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 1.5TB free, PID 0567 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 143 135 140 148 148 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	59.8% Above average	Read 146 Write 146 Mixed 80 SusWrite 138 171% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 129% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 60%
WDC WD40 EFRX-68N32N0 4TB 86 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 2.5TB free, PID 0567 SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 1 1.5 0.8 0.2 0.2 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	29.3% Poor	Read 132 Write 135 Mixed 75.8 SusWrite 4.9 108% 86.8 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.1 140% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 29.3% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-439.A00LF 4x4GB 760 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	52.9% Above average	MC Read 18.8 MC Write 18.7 MC Mixed 15.4 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 18.2 51% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 84%

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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	2,304x
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