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Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Speed boat	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	37.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	107% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 26 '20 at 20:18
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (80^th 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-$56 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 0.8 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Memory 97.5 1-Core 125 2-Core 249 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 486 8-Core 486 65% 486 Pts	64-Core 480 30% 480 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Gigabyte(1458 254D) 3GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1375 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 18.12.1 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	37.3% Below average	Lighting 48.8 Reflection 32.5 Parallax 61.4 40% 47.6 fps	MRender 31 Gravity 47.6 Splatting 40 33% 39.5 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 306 297 297 296 291 288 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 320 Mixed 293 SusWrite 296 79% 354 MB/s	4K Read 37.2 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 43.4 177% 67.8 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 248 212% 312 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 128%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 496GB 133 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 199GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 414 384 314 305 357 350 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 486 Mixed 409 SusWrite 354 98% 437 MB/s	4K Read 46.8 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 64.3 218% 77.5 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 357 269% 361 MB/s
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 126%
Samsung M3 Portable 2TB 5,095 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 227GB free, PID 61b5 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 81 81 81 81 80 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	34.5% Below average	Read 81 Write 65.2 Mixed 52 SusWrite 76.8 91% 68.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 98% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 34.5% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C9 2x8GB 3,126 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	MC Read 28.9 MC Write 30.3 MC Mixed 26.2 81% 28.5 GB/s	SC Read 20.8 SC Write 23.6 SC Mixed 24.7 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 48.1 83% 48.1 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 79%

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Typical Z97-A Builds (Compare 5,185 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	2,377x
Core i5-4690KIntel $56Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,224x
Core i7-4790Intel $115Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	439x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	812x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	355x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	314x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	282x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	207x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	140x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	259x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	159x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	124x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $798

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $146
Intel Core i5-12400F $112	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $380	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $75
Intel Core i5-13600K $240	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $365