Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 96.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	113% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 27 '20 at 06:52
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 141 2-Core 281 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 527 8-Core 705 78% 616 Pts	64-Core 741 46% 741 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6288) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Lighting 149 Reflection 158 Parallax 146 122% 151 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 149 Splatting 117 104% 128 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 11,317 User benchmarks, average bench 264% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,069 Write 926 Mixed 609 192% 868 MB/s	4K Read 49.9 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 65.2 226% 80.5 MB/s	DQ Read 468 DQ Write 628 DQ Mixed 491 386% 529 MB/s
Poor: 120% Great: 445%
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$80 85,928 User benchmarks, average bench 279% 954GB free Firmware: 42AZS6AC Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 666 675 682 685 691 691 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	191% Outstanding	Read 750 Write 690 Mixed 135 SusWrite 682 126% 564 MB/s	4K Read 62.1 4K Write 158 4K Mixed 85.9 288% 102 MB/s	DQ Read 774 DQ Write 552 DQ Mixed 545 439% 624 MB/s
Poor: 175% ↑ This bench: 191% Great: 372%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 210GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 121 120 121 121 120 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	70.5% Very good	Read 125 Write 101 Mixed 106 SusWrite 120 84% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 165% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 76%
SanDisk Cruzer Force 16GB 5,753 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 10GB free, PID 557d Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.1 4.4 4.5 4.5 4.7 4.5 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	6.87% Terrible	Read 29.2 Write 5.3 Mixed 7.7 SusWrite 4.4 12% 11.7 MB/s	4K Read 4.5 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.4 37% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 6.87% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GB 7,967 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	MC Read 28.5 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 24.6 78% 27.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 25.5 SC Mixed 24.4 66% 23.1 GB/s	Latency 49.7 80% 49.7 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 79%

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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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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