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Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 45% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 90.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	55.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	40.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150427
Uptime	2.5 Days
Run Date	Feb 27 '21 at 20:58
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 (99^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Memory 92.5 1-Core 130 2-Core 247 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 480 8-Core 667 72% 573 Pts	64-Core 670 41% 670 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 366A) CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 461.40 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	55.9% Above average	Lighting 70.4 Reflection 74.3 Parallax 66.4 57% 70.4 fps	MRender 70 Gravity 67.6 Splatting 59.5 53% 65.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS900 240GB-$20 61,417 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 181GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS900613 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 279 67 89 69 90 MB/s Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	40.6% Average	Read 211 Write 115 Mixed 146 SusWrite 129 34% 150 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 31.3 4K Mixed 17.9 77% 24.6 MB/s	DQ Read 18.4 DQ Write 27.7 DQ Mixed 21.5 17% 22.5 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 91%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 361GB free Firmware: 2BA30001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 82 82 82 82 81 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	50.1% Above average	Read 93.5 Write 93.7 Mixed 50.4 SusWrite 81.3 58% 79.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 128% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 59%
ST2000VM 003-1CT164 2TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 1.5TB free, PID ce17 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 43 42 42 42 42 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	18.6% Very poor	Read 40 Write 41 Mixed 32.2 SusWrite 41.2 53% 38.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 67% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 18.6% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 20,216 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2400 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (54^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	60% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 21.4 MC Mixed 17.3 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 20.2 58% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 63.1 63% 63.1 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 86%

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Typical Z97-A Builds (Compare 5,218 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	2,391x
Core i5-4690KIntel $54Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,232x
Core i7-4790Intel $115Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	443x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	818x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	356x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	314x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	284x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	209x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	140x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	260x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	161x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	126x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $798

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