Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 95%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	73.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	115% 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	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

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140930
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 13 '20 at 11:14
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	Memory 96.1 1-Core 134 2-Core 267 93% 166 Pts	4-Core 512 8-Core 697 76% 605 Pts	64-Core 697 43% 697 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$200 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% MSI(1462 3790) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	73.7% Very good	Lighting 97.3 Reflection 86.5 Parallax 83.4 79% 89.1 fps	MRender 71.4 Gravity 80.3 Splatting 78.1 63% 76.6 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 458GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 459 468 472 458 468 463 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 467 Write 444 Mixed 380 SusWrite 465 99% 439 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 49.3 166% 62.1 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 358 269% 359 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 121%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC24 SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 192 195 196 196 195 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 155 Mixed 86.3 SusWrite 195 111% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 210 216 216 220 218 216 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 152 Mixed 75.3 SusWrite 216 112% 154 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 101% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 106%
ST2000DL 001-9VT156 2TB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 2TB free, PID 2773 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 39 40 39 40 39 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	15.3% Very poor	Read 36.7 Write 37.5 Mixed 19.3 SusWrite 39.5 45% 33.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 30% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 15.3% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	71.2% Very good	MC Read 25.3 MC Write 25.8 MC Mixed 22.4 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 24.5 SC Mixed 22.3 62% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 53.8 74% 53.8 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 72%

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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	2,318x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,194x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	421x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	794x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	342x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	309x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	273x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	202x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	138x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	252x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16