Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 25% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 81.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	34% 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	74.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Very high background CPU (51%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	29.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150212
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 28 '19 at 23:26
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	51%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670-$52 49,019 User benchmarks, average bench 66% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Memory 91.7 1-Core 109 2-Core 222 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 418 56% 416 Pts	64-Core 417 26% 417 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% Asus(1043 047E) 3GB CLim: 980 MHz, MLim: 1300 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.12.1 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	34% Below average	Lighting 44.1 Reflection 31.6 Parallax 53.4 36% 43 fps	MRender 29.7 Gravity 40.4 Splatting 39.1 30% 36.4 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 34% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 103 96 90 86 88 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	74.9% Very good	Read 370 Write 243 Mixed 276 SusWrite 109 56% 249 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 34.4 132% 53.2 MB/s	DQ Read 325 DQ Write 255 DQ Mixed 186 168% 255 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 91%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 830GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 112 111 112 110 112 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	61.9% Good	Read 105 Write 75.3 Mixed 71.2 SusWrite 111 67% 90.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 161% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 84%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 23 24 23 23 24 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	33.7% Below average	Read 92.9 Write 77.5 Mixed 49.6 SusWrite 23.9 45% 61 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 187% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 84%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 19 19 19 19 19 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	32.2% Below average	Read 92.6 Write 73.9 Mixed 50.9 SusWrite 18.8 44% 59 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 165% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 32.2% Great: 84%
WD My Book 1130 2TB 1,666 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 2TB free, PID 1130 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 111 112 113 111 111 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	47.2% Average	Read 119 Write 121 Mixed 75.3 SusWrite 111 143% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 85% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 48%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB 6,625 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	55.9% Above average	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 23.5 MC Mixed 10.6 53% 18.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 21 55% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 62%

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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	1,186x
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