Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


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 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 92.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	106% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Run History

3 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	May 04 '21 at 07:27
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Memory 93.3 1-Core 138 2-Core 283 95% 172 Pts	4-Core 493 8-Core 747 77% 620 Pts	64-Core 722 45% 722 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$199 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% Asus(1043 04E2) Ram: 8GB, Driver: 21.4.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 147 Parallax 218 113% 168 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 148 Splatting 97.8 97% 122 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31200RL Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 498 Write 396 Mixed 210 81% 368 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 38.5 148% 56.5 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 249 DQ Mixed 118 140% 246 MB/s
Poor: 59% Great: 108%
SanDisk Ultra 3D 500GB-$61 13,482 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 57GB free Firmware: X61110RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 414 398 384 400 379 373 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	98.6% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 461 Mixed 368 SusWrite 391 96% 428 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 60 4K Mixed 37.4 126% 42.7 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 283 232% 331 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 119%
Pcie SSD 2TB 4,674 User benchmarks, average bench 222% 1.5TB free Firmware: ECFM22.7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 721 737 740 741 733 734 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 610 Write 724 Mixed 579 SusWrite 734 150% 662 MB/s	4K Read 17.3 4K Write 145 4K Mixed 30.6 142% 64.3 MB/s	DQ Read 54.9 DQ Write 752 DQ Mixed 69.3 153% 292 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 309%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 34,385 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	60.4% Good	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.5 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 20.3 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 61.4 65% 61.4 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 63%

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

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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	2,314x
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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	202x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $79Bench 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 $290	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16