Asus Z97-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 82.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150424
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 24 '19 at 06:19
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Memory 92 1-Core 123 2-Core 214 83% 143 Pts	4-Core 398 8-Core 656 64% 527 Pts	64-Core 654 40% 654 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Gainward(10B0 13C0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1569 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 436.48 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 53% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 214GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 392 298 298 298 298 298 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 477 Mixed 392 SusWrite 314 94% 420 MB/s	4K Read 41.4 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 58.6 202% 73.9 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 354 266% 356 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 124%
Seagate SSD 500GB 1,930 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 208GB free Firmware: ST8S1024 SusWrite @10s intervals: 358 285 446 431 424 429 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 468 Mixed 404 SusWrite 395 100% 443 MB/s	4K Read 37.3 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 46.4 171% 62.7 MB/s	DQ Read 353 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 223 202% 307 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 113%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 844GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 84 61 69 109 117 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	61.8% Good	Read 130 Write 89.2 Mixed 97.2 SusWrite 85.2 75% 100 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 188% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 109%
Toshiba X300 6TB-$78 5,594 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 5.5TB free Firmware: FS2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 198 196 203 201 201 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 58% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/4G KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/4G 16GB 1,509 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	59.5% Above average	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 18 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 21.7 SC Mixed 18.3 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 64 62% 64 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 63%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-A - $150

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,317x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,194x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	794x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	342x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	309x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	273x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	202x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	138x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	251x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	152x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16