Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 53% Yacht


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 92%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	70.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	5.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140620
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '19 at 17:40
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	4%

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)	92% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 128 2-Core 257 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 508 8-Core 510 68% 509 Pts	64-Core 504 31% 504 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8506) CLim: 1643 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	70.4% Very good	Lighting 88.4 Reflection 95.9 Parallax 85.6 72% 90 fps	MRender 91.4 Gravity 83.2 Splatting 75.3 67% 83.3 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 169GB free Firmware: EMT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 323 477 474 455 251 190 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 463 Mixed 417 SusWrite 362 98% 433 MB/s	4K Read 50.2 4K Write 149 4K Mixed 71.4 246% 90.1 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 306 DQ Mixed 317 244% 334 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 133%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 81GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 225 33 28 29 31 29 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 476 Mixed 379 SusWrite 62.5 79% 354 MB/s	4K Read 46.1 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 60.8 217% 79.3 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 351 DQ Mixed 236 212% 322 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 109GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 119 173 157 116 122 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	76.9% Very good	Read 134 Write 87.3 Mixed 73.5 SusWrite 134 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 167% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 27,024 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1648 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65.6% Good	MC Read 22.5 MC Write 23.9 MC Mixed 20.7 64% 22.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 20.3 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 53.7 74% 53.7 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 65.6% 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%

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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	2,310x
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 $184	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