Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 84.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	79% 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	170% 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	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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	5.9 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 31 '20 at 00:58
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Memory 95.4 1-Core 125 2-Core 243 88% 155 Pts	4-Core 401 8-Core 626 63% 513 Pts	64-Core 628 39% 628 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% EVGA(3842 1266) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	79% Very good	Lighting 101 Reflection 89.7 Parallax 81 83% 90.7 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 88.1 Splatting 78.3 72% 89.4 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$80 85,928 User benchmarks, average bench 279% 700GB free (System drive) Firmware: 42A4SANA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 516 494 639 658 659 662 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	170% Outstanding	Read 727 Write 653 Mixed 126 SusWrite 605 118% 527 MB/s	4K Read 52.4 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 71.4 238% 83.2 MB/s	DQ Read 789 DQ Write 551 DQ Mixed 558 447% 632 MB/s
Poor: 175% ↑ This bench: 170% Great: 372%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 446GB free Firmware: X31200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 401 408 402 333 225 214 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 495 Write 452 Mixed 341 SusWrite 331 91% 405 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 45.1 168% 63.8 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 259 218% 316 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 108%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 139 138 138 140 140 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Read 154 Write 138 Mixed 75.2 SusWrite 138 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 1.1 227% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 3x4GB 694 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 3 of 4 slots used 12GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	57.6% Above average	MC Read 19.4 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 17.5 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 21.2 SC Mixed 19.1 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 55.8 72% 55.8 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 71%

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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%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-A - $150

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,310x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,186x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	791x
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	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 $273	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 $45	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