Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 144% UFO	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 122% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	174% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	112% 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	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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	May 14 '22 at 22:02
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (55^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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Memory 95.7 1-Core 116 2-Core 245 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 644 63% 517 Pts	64-Core 644 40% 644 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-Ti-$499 218,061 User benchmarks, average bench 158% Nvidia(10DE 14B2) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 512.77 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	174% Outstanding	Lighting 266 Reflection 226 Parallax 244 216% 246 fps	MRender 259 Gravity 166 Splatting 136 147% 187 fps
Poor: 139% ↑ This bench: 174% Great: 170%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$49 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR033 SusWrite @10s intervals: 409 421 429 419 424 420 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 478 Write 425 Mixed 392 SusWrite 420 97% 429 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 90.7 4K Mixed 48.2 165% 58.4 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 279 233% 336 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 125%
Sabrent Rocket Q 1TB 30,033 User benchmarks, average bench 192% 44GB free Firmware: RKT30Q.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 120 120 151 106 216 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	134% Outstanding	Read 536 Write 618 Mixed 532 SusWrite 143 103% 457 MB/s	4K Read 41.5 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 70.8 224% 82.1 MB/s	DQ Read 725 DQ Write 756 DQ Mixed 860 614% 780 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 305%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 57GB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 170 167 172 127 129 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Read 149 Write 151 Mixed 30.9 SusWrite 156 88% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 153% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 108%
Asmedia ASM235 2TB 67 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 107GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 42 42 42 42 41 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	23% Poor	Read 38.1 Write 32 Mixed 32.6 SusWrite 41.5 27% 36 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 23% Great: 98%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 118GB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 139 137 141 140 138 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Read 151 Write 152 Mixed 19.4 SusWrite 138 83% 115 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.6 153% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x4GB 17,012 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	70.5% Very good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 25.9 MC Mixed 21.6 70% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 22.4 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 55 73% 55 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 73%

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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	1,187x
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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	202x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	137x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	249x
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 $269	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 $177	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