Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 85.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	53.3% 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)
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	6.3 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140930
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 01 '19 at 23:38
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Memory 90.6 1-Core 124 2-Core 212 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 620 66% 528 Pts	64-Core 635 39% 635 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290-$399 68,699 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Sapphire(174B E285) CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1300 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	53.3% Above average	Lighting 65.9 Reflection 59.2 Parallax 76.3 54% 67.1 fps	MRender 58.8 Gravity 53.1 Splatting 75 52% 62.3 fps
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 50%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 88GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 4,859 Write 2,609 Mixed 3,456 804% 3,641 MB/s	4K Read 554 4K Write 320 4K Mixed 396 1,516% 423 MB/s	DQ Read 1,195 DQ Write 862 DQ Mixed 978 744% 1,012 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 503GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 460 459 451 453 446 461 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 472 Write 447 Mixed 438 SusWrite 455 102% 453 MB/s	4K Read 41.7 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 60.2 202% 72.5 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 353 265% 353 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 133%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 111GB free Firmware: JP4OA3MA SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 88 92 92 87 90 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	49.6% Average	Read 83 Write 82.5 Mixed 50.3 SusWrite 89.8 56% 76.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 74%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 52GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 105 106 107 104 107 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	60.6% Good	Read 106 Write 79.3 Mixed 72 SusWrite 105 67% 90.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 165% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 3x4GB 533 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 3 of 4 slots used 12GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	28.2% Poor	MC Read 8.2 MC Write 9 MC Mixed 8.5 24% 8.57 GB/s	SC Read 8.1 SC Write 9.5 SC Mixed 10 26% 9.2 GB/s	Latency 66.3 60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 28.2% Great: 61%

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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	2,312x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,188x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	792x
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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	202x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	137x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	250x
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 $40	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