Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	17.6% 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	55.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (70%). 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	9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150212
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 27 '19 at 19:03
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	70%

PC Performing as expected (49^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 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	76.7% Very good	Memory 95.3 1-Core 72.4 2-Core 187 69% 118 Pts	4-Core 315 8-Core 533 52% 424 Pts	64-Core 566 35% 566 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Nvidia(10DE 1151) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.86 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	17.6% Very poor	Lighting 19.9 Reflection 23 Parallax 18.1 16% 20.3 fps	MRender 28.2 Gravity 19.9 Splatting 26 20% 24.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 17.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 75 50 64 55 63 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	55.2% Above average	Read 366 Write 63.5 Mixed 249 SusWrite 68.4 41% 187 MB/s	4K Read 16.5 4K Write 58.8 4K Mixed 24.8 88% 33.4 MB/s	DQ Read 307 DQ Write 107 DQ Mixed 104 104% 172 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 91%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 261GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 425 439 459 462 469 467 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 480 Write 460 Mixed 375 SusWrite 454 100% 442 MB/s	4K Read 37.6 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 58 186% 66.3 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 281GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 163 164 163 165 163 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 172 Mixed 89.3 SusWrite 163 112% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 146% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 198 200 199 199 200 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 157 Write 156 Mixed 79.5 SusWrite 198 108% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 114%
SanDisk Extreme Go USB 3.1 128GB-$36 967 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 105GB free, PID 558b Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 14 14 14 15 15 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	13.4% Very poor	Read 38.5 Write 13.3 Mixed 19.8 SusWrite 14.4 26% 21.5 MB/s	4K Read 4.4 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 1.6 112% 2.4 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 13.4% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 8,026 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	66.1% Good	MC Read 23.2 MC Write 25 MC Mixed 21.3 66% 23.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 20.5 SC Mixed 18.7 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 56.2 71% 56.2 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 71%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 $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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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 $178	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