Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 76.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	64% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	292% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	28.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit couleurs, 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Jun 05 '19 at 21:17
Run Duration	236 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	76.7% Very good	Memory 91.3 1-Core 103 2-Core 215 78% 137 Pts	4-Core 338 8-Core 470 51% 404 Pts	64-Core 558 34% 558 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 418.91 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	64% Good	Lighting 81.3 Reflection 84.2 Parallax 74.5 66% 80 fps	MRender 78.8 Gravity 75.1 Splatting 66.9 60% 73.6 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 215GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1655 1542 1478 1435 1389 1349 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	292% Outstanding	Read 2,310 Write 1789 Mixed 921 SusWrite 1,474 362% 1,624 MB/s	4K Read 46.3 4K Write 146 4K Mixed 65 231% 85.7 MB/s	DQ Read 926 DQ Write 782 DQ Mixed 826 627% 845 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 292% Great: 353%
Liteon CV3-8D128-11 SATA 128GB 3,445 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 84GB free Firmware: T87110D SusWrite @10s intervals: 227 139 138 136 137 137 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 465 Mixed 401 SusWrite 152 85% 380 MB/s	4K Read 42.3 4K Write 88.8 4K Mixed 53.1 179% 61.4 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 290 232% 326 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 87%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 138 142 144 143 142 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Read 149 Write 147 Mixed 94.3 SusWrite 142 98% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1 196% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 100%
WD Purple Surveillance 4TB (2017)-$73 8,846 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 161 161 166 167 165 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Read 148 Write 153 Mixed 79.3 SusWrite 164 100% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 212% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 113%
SK hynix SC308 SATA 128GB 123 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 32GB free Firmware: 30001P10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 126 126 126 127 126 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 41% Great: 93%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GB 894 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	60.6% Good	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 18.8 60% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 21 SC Mixed 20 54% 19.1 GB/s	Latency 65.2 61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 68%

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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	2,317x
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	794x
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	273x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	202x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	138x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	251x
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 $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16