Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 86.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	60.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	86.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	27.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Sep 23 '19 at 18:11
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Memory 96.6 1-Core 112 2-Core 226 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 437 8-Core 444 59% 441 Pts	64-Core 434 27% 434 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AC) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.15 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	60.3% Good	Lighting 74.5 Reflection 71 Parallax 55.9 61% 67.1 fps	MRender 71.7 Gravity 73.6 Splatting 72.3 59% 72.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 125GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 251 285 288 289 287 289 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	86.5% Excellent	Read 400 Write 319 Mixed 275 SusWrite 281 72% 319 MB/s	4K Read 20.8 4K Write 96 4K Mixed 41.5 136% 52.8 MB/s	DQ Read 175 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 141 136% 209 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 97%
WD Black 500GB (2008)-$95 28,095 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 188GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 68 69 69 69 68 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	43.5% Average	Read 83.2 Write 78 Mixed 59.5 SusWrite 68.1 53% 72.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 229GB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 69 70 69 70 70 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	38.5% Below average	Read 64.8 Write 67 Mixed 48 SusWrite 69.2 46% 62.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.7 120% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 38.5% Great: 75%
Seagate ST3500630AS 224GB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 172GB free Firmware: 3.AAD SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 53 62 54 61 58 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	37% Below average	Read 71.3 Write 48.7 Mixed 44.5 SusWrite 57.6 41% 55.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.7 122% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 42%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC32 SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 96 51 90 51 81 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	44.9% Average	Read 90 Write 84.7 Mixed 51.2 SusWrite 66.8 54% 73.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 73% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 1,222 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	MC Read 31.5 MC Write 33.8 MC Mixed 28.8 90% 31.4 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 20.8 SC Mixed 27.5 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 52 77% 52 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 89%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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