Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 120% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 101% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 88.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	136% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	25.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 14 '18 at 18:45
Run Duration	233 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Memory 96.9 1-Core 127 2-Core 253 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 433 8-Core 654 67% 544 Pts	64-Core 657 41% 657 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3603) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 416.81 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	136% Outstanding	Lighting 193 Reflection 203 Parallax 188 157% 195 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 189 Splatting 130 120% 149 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 6,315 Write 7,066 Mixed 981 1,058% 4,788 MB/s	4K Read 1,064 4K Write 235 4K Mixed 365 2,205% 555 MB/s	DQ Read 2084 DQ Write 1,257 DQ Mixed 1,380 1,106% 1,574 MB/s
Poor: 68% Great: 116%
Intel X25-M 80GB 12,660 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 30GB free Firmware: 2CV102M3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 79 84 81 85 85 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	45.3% Average	Read 257 Write 85.8 Mixed 118 SusWrite 83.1 30% 136 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 64.7 4K Mixed 12.5 84% 33.2 MB/s	DQ Read 169 DQ Write 81.1 DQ Mixed 83.1 73% 111 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 44%
Toshiba OCZ RD400 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$70 2,931 User benchmarks, average bench 185% 59GB free Firmware: 57CZ Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1204 1233 876 528 300 265 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 674 Write 841 Mixed 777 SusWrite 735 171% 757 MB/s	4K Read 5.1 4K Write 46.2 4K Mixed 16 53% 22.4 MB/s	DQ Read 982 DQ Write 783 DQ Mixed 655 552% 807 MB/s
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 242%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 330GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 86 86 86 87 83 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	47.6% Average	Read 80.5 Write 79.8 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 84.8 57% 77.2 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 184% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 49GB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 110 68 69 98 119 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	66.7% Good	Read 134 Write 134 Mixed 62 SusWrite 98.9 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 137% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 75%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 85GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 88 88 87 88 86 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	42.7% Average	Read 62 Write 60.7 Mixed 59.3 SusWrite 86.7 50% 67.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 128% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 67%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 17GB free, PID 10b8 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 83 93 94 95 93 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	34.3% Below average	Read 90.3 Write 38 Mixed 28.3 SusWrite 88.5 77% 61.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.5 39% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 5,910 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 2400 MHz clocked @ 2200 MHz Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	80.7% Excellent	MC Read 29.7 MC Write 30 MC Mixed 25.3 81% 28.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 26.6 66% 23.1 GB/s	Latency 50.9 79% 50.9 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 109%

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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	1,185x
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 $300	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