Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	22% 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	159% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	19.3 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 07 '19 at 11:57
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Memory 94.1 1-Core 119 2-Core 242 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 427 8-Core 406 56% 416 Pts	64-Core 449 28% 449 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% MSI(1462 2871) 2GB CLim: 1254 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	22% Poor	Lighting 25.9 Reflection 24.5 Parallax 32 21% 27.4 fps	MRender 32.9 Gravity 30.1 Splatting 25.5 24% 29.5 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 22% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 760p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$4 10,188 User benchmarks, average bench 228% 190GB free (System drive) Firmware: 001C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 488 511 514 514 268 521 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	159% Outstanding	Read 623 Write 570 Mixed 573 SusWrite 469 126% 559 MB/s	4K Read 53.7 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 76.2 242% 83.1 MB/s	DQ Read 774 DQ Write 549 DQ Mixed 727 525% 683 MB/s
Poor: 148% ↑ This bench: 159% Great: 293%
Maxtor 6V300F0 300GB 1,297 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 160GB free Firmware: VA111630 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 62 62 62 62 61 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	35.5% Below average	Read 60.5 Write 61.5 Mixed 35.7 SusWrite 61.7 40% 54.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 4.7 4K Mixed 0.7 194% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 35.5% Great: 39%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 338GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 50 50 50 50 50 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	25.5% Poor	Read 38.2 Write 50 Mixed 30 SusWrite 50.3 31% 42.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 129% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 25.5% Great: 58%
Seagate NAS HDD 4TB-$145 4,962 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2TB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 175 177 177 175 176 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 172 Mixed 76 SusWrite 172 109% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMY16GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMY16GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 24GB 107 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	63.7% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 20.1 62% 21.8 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 21.1 57% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 59.4 67% 59.4 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 64%

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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	2,310x
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 $94Bench 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 $300	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 $45	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