Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 80.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	23.4% 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	51.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 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	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140415
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 24 '19 at 11:01
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	SRB-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4570-$99 129,272 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.5% Excellent	Memory 91.3 1-Core 104 2-Core 207 78% 134 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 400 54% 402 Pts	64-Core 405 25% 405 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% Gigabyte(1458 229A) 3GB CLim: 1072 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 19.1.2 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	23.4% Poor	Lighting 27.7 Reflection 14.4 Parallax 50.7 22% 30.9 fps	MRender 12.8 Gravity 34.2 Splatting 40.1 25% 29 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 23.4% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 480GB-$250 15,510 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: 520A SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 117 132 108 136 140 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	51.5% Above average	Read 309 Write 236 Mixed 292 SusWrite 136 54% 243 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 20.2 4K Mixed 24.6 76% 22.4 MB/s	DQ Read 222 DQ Write 83.7 DQ Mixed 99.8 88% 135 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 65%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$64 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 128GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 54 53 54 55 53 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	33.1% Below average	Read 61 Write 61.8 Mixed 53.8 SusWrite 53.8 43% 57.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 57%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 147GB free Firmware: 05.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 82 82 82 81 82 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	57.7% Above average	Read 118 Write 115 Mixed 108 SusWrite 82 79% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 213% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 85%
Hitachi HTS545050B9A300 500GB-$71 21,137 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 19GB free Firmware: PB4O SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 42 42 42 42 42 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	24.5% Poor	Read 43.3 Write 43.3 Mixed 21.8 SusWrite 41.7 28% 37.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 121% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 24.5% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 99U5471-058.A00LF 2x8GB 357 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61.6% Good	MC Read 22.4 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 18.9 61% 21.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 19 SC Mixed 19.8 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 61.6% 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	2,312x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,188x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	792x
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	250x
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