Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 92.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	94.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	80.6% 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	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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140930
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 28 '18 at 19:33
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing way above expectations (89^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 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Memory 98.8 1-Core 131 2-Core 261 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 465 8-Core 703 72% 584 Pts	64-Core 707 44% 707 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1435) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 122 Parallax 105 100% 117 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 106 Splatting 100 84% 103 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Geil ZENITH A3-120GBB 120GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 117 141 115 108 101 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.6% Excellent	Read 475 Write 140 Mixed 204 SusWrite 120 52% 235 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 38.9 148% 58.5 MB/s	DQ Read 259 DQ Write 141 DQ Mixed 150 125% 183 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 81%
OCZ Vertex 3 MAX IOPS 240GB-$160 1,284 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 80GB free Firmware: 2.15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 199 207 213 203 209 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Read 440 Write 237 Mixed 270 SusWrite 198 64% 286 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 41.7 166% 65.6 MB/s	DQ Read 310 DQ Write 205 DQ Mixed 298 211% 271 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 91%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 200GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 355 267 293 294 292 294 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 471 Write 450 Mixed 408 SusWrite 299 92% 407 MB/s	4K Read 47.4 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 66.4 226% 81.3 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 357 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 433GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 168 170 172 169 172 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 134 Mixed 85 SusWrite 169 101% 138 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 2400 C9 4x4GB 277 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	87.3% Excellent	MC Read 31.9 MC Write 32.3 MC Mixed 26.9 87% 30.4 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 24.5 SC Mixed 28.4 71% 24.8 GB/s	Latency 42.2 95% 42.2 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 113%

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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	2,306x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,184x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	789x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	341x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	307x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	270x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $125	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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