Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	58.9% 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	60.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140930
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 01 '19 at 02:24
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing below expectations (40^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 as expected (45^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	Memory 87.6 1-Core 120 2-Core 227 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 382 8-Core 613 61% 498 Pts	64-Core 604 37% 604 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Nvidia(10DE 1116) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 419.17 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	58.9% Above average	Lighting 73.8 Reflection 78 Parallax 70.7 60% 74.2 fps	MRender 77.1 Gravity 69.7 Splatting 63.3 57% 70 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 500GB-$90 17,487 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 379GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 137 156 161 143 43 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	60.2% Good	Read 286 Write 376 Mixed 256 SusWrite 138 60% 264 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 71.6 4K Mixed 33.9 120% 43.7 MB/s	DQ Read 29.2 DQ Write 109 DQ Mixed 41.7 40% 60.1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 105%
Crucial M550 1TB-$700 1,628 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 177GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 159 190 188 199 191 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	64.8% Good	Read 289 Write 371 Mixed 237 SusWrite 184 61% 270 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 76 4K Mixed 35.9 125% 45.8 MB/s	DQ Read 29.4 DQ Write 113 DQ Mixed 43.2 41% 61.9 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 109%
Crucial MX200 500GB-$90 17,487 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 465GB free Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 390 351 405 407 410 410 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Read 300 Write 395 Mixed 266 SusWrite 395 77% 339 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 77 4K Mixed 34.9 124% 45.8 MB/s	DQ Read 29.4 DQ Write 107 DQ Mixed 41.3 40% 59.2 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 105%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 931GB free Firmware: 05.03D06 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 122 124 123 124 125 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	71.2% Very good	Read 124 Write 120 Mixed 89.3 SusWrite 123 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 199% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 34,385 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.1% Average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 17.7 MC Mixed 14.9 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 16.6 46% 15.9 GB/s	Latency 69.9 57% 69.9 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 63%

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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	2,310x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,185x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	791x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	342x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	307x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	271x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	202x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	137x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	248x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	151x
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 $295	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