Asus Z97-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 83.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	79.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	8.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	4.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 18 '19 at 16:11
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing as expected (58^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Memory 92.4 1-Core 106 2-Core 221 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 398 8-Core 574 61% 486 Pts	64-Core 585 36% 585 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6173) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.8% Very good	Lighting 97.6 Reflection 113 Parallax 100 80% 103 fps	MRender 97.7 Gravity 95.8 Splatting 99.9 80% 97.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 433 Write 422 Mixed 299 86% 385 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 47.6 4K Mixed 37 108% 35.9 MB/s	DQ Read 147 DQ Write 258 DQ Mixed 152 129% 186 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 105 107 111 113 113 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	72.4% Very good	Read 143 Write 116 Mixed 77 SusWrite 109 82% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 96%
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB-$102 29,256 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 220GB free Firmware: 3.AAD SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 64 66 65 67 67 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	37.6% Below average	Read 65 Write 44.8 Mixed 47.2 SusWrite 65.7 41% 55.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 149% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 37.6% Great: 43%
PNY USB 3.0 FD 34GB 522 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 31GB free, PID 00ad Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 13 13 14 14 13 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	11.9% Very poor	Read 35 Write 34.5 Mixed 20.5 SusWrite 13.8 34% 26 MB/s	4K Read 4.4 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 1.5 98% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 11.9% Great: 29%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 16,567 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	57.3% Above average	MC Read 19.4 MC Write 21.5 MC Mixed 18 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 20.8 SC Mixed 17.5 50% 17.6 GB/s	Latency 63.4 63% 63.4 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 62%

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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	2,304x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,184x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	789x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	341x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	307x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	270x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	201x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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