Asus Z97-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	170% 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	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	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren, 2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 13 '18 at 21:46
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing as expected (45^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 below expectations (33^rd percentile)	76.9% Very good	Memory 80.6 1-Core 115 2-Core 214 77% 136 Pts	4-Core 394 8-Core 651 64% 523 Pts	64-Core 645 40% 645 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 19.7 Reflection 22.7 Parallax 18.4 16% 20.3 fps	Gravity 19.7 Splatting 25.7 20% 22.7 fps
Poor: 71% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$84 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 153GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 560 563 544 536 526 531 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	170% Outstanding	Read 700 Write 511 Mixed 614 SusWrite 543 133% 592 MB/s	4K Read 60.6 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 75 249% 83.4 MB/s	DQ Read 761 DQ Write 659 DQ Mixed 834 591% 751 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 170% Great: 340%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 144GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 366 370 394 425 419 417 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 440 Mixed 300 SusWrite 399 91% 405 MB/s	4K Read 36.3 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 47.5 176% 65.9 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 279 230% 330 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 134%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$90 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 280GB free Firmware: 01.03A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 98 100 101 101 101 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	58.3% Above average	Read 103 Write 95 Mixed 60 SusWrite 99.6 66% 89.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 166% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 58%
SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 32GB-$16 13,359 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 25GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 64 37 28 28 28 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	32.2% Below average	Read 150 Write 55.7 Mixed 68.2 SusWrite 39.8 90% 78.4 MB/s	4K Read 6.2 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 1.6 81% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 32.2% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMX8GX3M2A2000C9 0215 CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMX8GX3M2A2000C9 16GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1600, 1867, 1600, 1867 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40.8% Average	MC Read 14.3 MC Write 14.5 MC Mixed 12.2 39% 13.7 GB/s	SC Read 11.3 SC Write 15 SC Mixed 13.1 38% 13.1 GB/s	Latency 79.4 50% 79.4 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 63%

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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	2,338x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,204x
Core i7-4790Intel $132Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	423x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	800x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	345x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	310x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	275x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	203x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	139x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	252x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	156x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	120x

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