Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 91%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	88.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	128% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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	6.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 25 '19 at 06:18
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 133 2-Core 263 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 488 8-Core 516 66% 502 Pts	64-Core 515 32% 515 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Lighting 112 Reflection 119 Parallax 101 91% 110 fps	MRender 99.1 Gravity 103 Splatting 104 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 233GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 309 276 271 271 275 274 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 506 Write 297 Mixed 315 SusWrite 279 78% 349 MB/s	4K Read 45.8 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 58.7 206% 73.3 MB/s	DQ Read 336 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 210 192% 294 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 118%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 582GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 324 445 439 448 460 462 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 468 Mixed 424 SusWrite 430 103% 456 MB/s	4K Read 45.6 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 64.3 215% 76.4 MB/s	DQ Read 335 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 325 245% 328 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 133%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 319GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 153 151 151 153 152 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	Read 162 Write 157 Mixed 97.3 SusWrite 152 104% 142 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 245% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 108%
WD Blue 400GB (2008) 2,133 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 46GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 59 60 23 8.8 9 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	31.9% Below average	Read 73.5 Write 66 Mixed 52.3 SusWrite 37.2 42% 57.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 161% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 31.9% Great: 45%
Sabrent Disk Dev 2TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 2TB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 143 142 142 143 143 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	63% Good	Read 148 Write 144 Mixed 98.1 SusWrite 142 179% 133 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 1 151% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT4G3D1608ET3LX0. 2x4GB 3,047 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1632 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	67.2% Good	MC Read 23.3 MC Write 23.8 MC Mixed 21.4 65% 22.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 19.9 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 51.1 78% 51.1 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 64%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	2,313x
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	793x
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	272x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	202x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	138x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	250x
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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16