Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 110% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


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 92.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	119% 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.
Boot Drive	100% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	29 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	Цвета: 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit, Цвета: 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 26 '19 at 20:03
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	2%

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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Memory 95.6 1-Core 130 2-Core 264 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 493 8-Core 660 73% 577 Pts	64-Core 672 42% 672 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.5063 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% MSI(1462 373E) ≥ 4GB; MSI GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER GAMING X CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	119% Outstanding	Lighting 159 Reflection 147 Parallax 148 129% 151 fps	MRender 189 Gravity 132 Splatting 108 113% 143 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor PX-128M6S+ 128GB 299 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 77GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 340 342 362 278 235 354 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 472 Write 374 Mixed 274 SusWrite 318 80% 360 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 95.5 4K Mixed 42.9 154% 56.8 MB/s	DQ Read 350 DQ Write 294 DQ Mixed 221 193% 288 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 100%
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 106GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 448 446 365 329 259 363 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 463 Mixed 422 SusWrite 368 99% 438 MB/s	4K Read 49.5 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 68.6 232% 82.9 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 362 271% 361 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 128%
Seagate Constellation ES.3 1TB-$22 9,374 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 376GB free Firmware: SN07 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 159 161 160 158 161 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	95.4% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 170 Mixed 87.2 SusWrite 160 108% 147 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 217% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 103%
Seagate Constellation ES.3 1TB-$22 9,374 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 295GB free Firmware: SN07 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 157 158 157 157 158 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 174 Mixed 96 SusWrite 157 112% 152 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 227% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 12,722 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	71% Very good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 25.3 MC Mixed 21.7 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 23.2 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 55.3 72% 55.3 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 80%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-A - $150

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,313x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,190x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	793x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	342x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	308x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	272x
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	250x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	152x
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 $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 $40	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