Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	17.7% 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	152% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	4.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	3.9 Days
Run Date	Feb 17 '20 at 19:02
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	CYP-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Memory 90.8 1-Core 110 2-Core 183 76% 128 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 349 52% 380 Pts	64-Core 326 20% 326 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% Asus(1043 84BB) CLim: 1346 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	17.7% Very poor	Lighting 22 Reflection 17 Parallax 19.7 18% 19.6 fps	MRender 24.9 Gravity 22.4 Splatting 17 17% 21.4 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 17.7% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$53 74,184 User benchmarks, average bench 242% 433GB free (System drive) Firmware: 42B2S7JA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 437 432 461 454 468 455 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	152% Outstanding	Read 610 Write 552 Mixed 541 SusWrite 451 121% 539 MB/s	4K Read 53.6 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 70.7 228% 76.8 MB/s	DQ Read 782 DQ Write 527 DQ Mixed 562 444% 624 MB/s
Poor: 147% ↑ This bench: 152% Great: 311%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$36 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 111GB free Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 88 94 84 84 88 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	48.8% Average	Read 136 Write 111 Mixed 102 SusWrite 88 24% 109 MB/s	4K Read 18.2 4K Write 86.5 4K Mixed 26.9 108% 43.9 MB/s	DQ Read 126 DQ Write 103 DQ Mixed 100 79% 110 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 73%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$23 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 156GB free Firmware: 17.01H17 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 94 96 94 91 91 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	56.7% Above average	Read 104 Write 108 Mixed 71 SusWrite 93.2 69% 94.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 69%
PNY CS90 0 120GB SSD 6 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 110GB free, PID 2329 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 40 42 42 42 42 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	68.7% Good	Read 40.7 Write 40.7 Mixed 40 SusWrite 40.9 56% 40.6 MB/s	4K Read 9.5 4K Write 16.8 4K Mixed 10.6 967% 12.3 MB/s	DQ Read 13 DQ Write 22.1 DQ Mixed 13.5 1,259% 16.2 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 1,969 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1632 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.9% Above average	MC Read 19.4 MC Write 19.6 MC Mixed 17.5 54% 18.8 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 13.9 SC Mixed 11.9 36% 12.5 GB/s	Latency 66 61% 66 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 64%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus Z97-A - $150

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,343x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,204x
Core i7-4790Intel $132Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	423x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	802x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	346x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	310x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	275x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	203x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	139x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	252x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	156x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	120x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $798

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