Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 80.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	1.47% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	108% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	26 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 04 '19 at 09:01
Run Duration	198 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Memory 90.1 1-Core 114 2-Core 227 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 381 8-Core 575 59% 478 Pts	64-Core 583 36% 583 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon R5 200 109 User benchmarks, average bench 2% MSI(1462 8099) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1046.0 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.47% Terrible	Lighting 1.93 Reflection 1.96 Parallax 1.94 2% 1.94 fps	MRender 1.62 Gravity 1.57 Splatting 1.48 1% 1.55 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.47% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ct240bx3 0 240GB 112 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 92GB free (System drive) Firmware: M2CR SusWrite @10s intervals: 322 338 213 306 306 207 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 460 Mixed 413 SusWrite 282 93% 415 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 143 4K Mixed 47.3 184% 73.8 MB/s	DQ Read 318 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 292 231% 319 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 114%
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 44GB free Firmware: 583A SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 88 92 97 90 100 MB/s Performing below potential (67^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	68% Good	Read 280 Write 97.8 Mixed 182 SusWrite 92.5 36% 163 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 40.9 152% 57.2 MB/s	DQ Read 72.9 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 92.5 72% 95.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 18 23 19 19 19 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	10.6% Very poor	Read 16.7 Write 23.3 Mixed 39 SusWrite 19.6 19% 24.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.2 85% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 10.6% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 75 100 113 112 118 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	47.4% Average	Read 67.7 Write 96.8 Mixed 32 SusWrite 97.9 54% 73.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.2 42% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 114%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 32GB-$9 66,405 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 20GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 30 30 30 24 29 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	14.2% Very poor	Read 35.5 Write 22.3 Mixed 7.5 SusWrite 27.3 29% 23.2 MB/s	4K Read 7.8 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.6 63% 2.93 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 14.2% Great: 28%
ST916082 1AS 160GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 94GB free, PID 2338 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 38 38 37 37 37 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	16.7% Very poor	Read 40.8 Write 39 Mixed 24.8 SusWrite 37.5 48% 35.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.6 50% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 16.7% Great: 16%
ST310005 28AS 1TB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 201GB free, PID 1010 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 38 39 39 39 39 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	18.8% Very poor	Read 40.3 Write 39 Mixed 30 SusWrite 39 50% 37.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 1 85% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 18.8% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D169DS3.16FE 4x8GB 353 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	57.1% Above average	MC Read 20 MC Write 20.9 MC Mixed 17.7 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 20.3 SC Mixed 19 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 67.1 60% 67.1 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 63%

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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	1,186x
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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Total price: $798

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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