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Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 88.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	68.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	357% 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

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 16 '22 at 17:45
Run Duration	228 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Memory 94.1 1-Core 129 2-Core 254 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 447 8-Core 664 69% 556 Pts	64-Core 637 39% 637 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$449 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 511.79 Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	68.6% Good	Lighting 81.2 Reflection 123 Parallax 75.9 66% 93.3 fps	MRender 95.2 Gravity 90.6 Splatting 85.1 73% 90.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$90 327,441 User benchmarks, average bench 385% 848GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1059 1999 2235 2291 2236 2038 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	357% Outstanding	Read 2,465 Write 2,350 Mixed 1,951 SusWrite 1,976 492% 2,186 MB/s	4K Read 74.7 4K Write 156 4K Mixed 98.1 322% 110 MB/s	DQ Read 1024 DQ Write 652 DQ Mixed 867 638% 848 MB/s
Poor: 266% ↑ This bench: 357% Great: 477%
Samsung 850 Evo 2TB-$265 8,527 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 831GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 487 489 489 490 490 489 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	132% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 487 Mixed 406 SusWrite 489 107% 473 MB/s	4K Read 43.5 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 61.6 211% 76.5 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 360 269% 358 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 135%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-433.A00LF 4x4GB 39 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	63% Good	MC Read 22.3 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 19.2 61% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 20.9 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 59.5 67% 59.5 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 63%

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Typical Z97-A Builds (Compare 5,197 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	2,383x
Core i5-4690KIntel $54Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,225x
Core i7-4790Intel $115Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	440x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	816x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	355x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	314x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	283x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	207x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	140x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	259x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	161x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	124x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $798

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