Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 90.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	22.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	131% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	24.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Jan 26 '19 at 01:00
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Memory 94.6 1-Core 137 2-Core 268 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 720 73% 594 Pts	64-Core 719 44% 719 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 2983) CLim: 1726 MHz, MLim: 2020 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 417.71 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	22.1% Poor	Lighting 2.37 Reflection 86.9 Parallax 77.8 2% 55.7 fps	MRender 82.5 Gravity 76.6 Splatting 68.7 61% 75.9 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 22.1% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 338GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 455 470 408 468 450 464 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 484 Mixed 454 SusWrite 452 107% 473 MB/s	4K Read 44 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 63.3 215% 78 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 349 266% 360 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 133%
WD WD1600AVCS-632DY1 160GB 45 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 50GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 63 64 63 62 63 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	35.8% Below average	Read 62 Write 61.5 Mixed 39 SusWrite 62.7 41% 56.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.3 70% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 49%
Seagate Backup+ BL 1TB 489 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 672GB free Firmware: 0836 SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 33 19 69 70 70 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	35.2% Below average	Read 69.7 Write 31.8 Mixed 38.7 SusWrite 52.6 36% 48.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 35.2% Great: 58%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 867GB free Firmware: 2AR20002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 102 102 102 102 100 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	55.8% Above average	Read 93 Write 107 Mixed 53.5 SusWrite 101 65% 88.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 139% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-10666CL9-8GBXL 0420 F3-10666CL9-8GBXL 0420 F3-12800CL10-8GBXL 0420 F3-12800CL10-8GBXL 32GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1333, 1333, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	61.9% Good	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 18.7 60% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 24 SC Mixed 21.1 59% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 58.1 69% 58.1 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 61.9% 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	2,310x
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