Asus Z97-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (17th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 83 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 67.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Boot Drive	69.1% 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.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 29 '19 at 18:36
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing way below expectations (17^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 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	67.1% Good	Memory 72.1 1-Core 106 2-Core 205 71% 128 Pts	4-Core 335 8-Core 495 52% 415 Pts	64-Core 525 32% 525 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 367A) CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 441.41 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 240GB-$43 14,860 User benchmarks, average bench 151% 90GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM02.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 169 173 169 167 167 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	69.1% Good	Read 535 Write 158 Mixed 263 SusWrite 166 62% 280 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 65 4K Mixed 27.2 107% 39.1 MB/s	DQ Read 29.5 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 36.8 50% 85.6 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 210%
Kingston A400 120GB-$32 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 107GB free Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 119 123 123 122 141 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	56% Above average	Read 329 Write 125 Mixed 153 SusWrite 134 41% 185 MB/s	4K Read 18.9 4K Write 68.9 4K Mixed 22.2 94% 36.7 MB/s	DQ Read 151 DQ Write 132 DQ Mixed 60.3 68% 115 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 85%
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 155GB free Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 208 225 233 223 242 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 148 Write 96 Mixed 79.2 SusWrite 218 30% 135 MB/s	4K Read 11.6 4K Write 17.9 4K Mixed 9.6 39% 13 MB/s	DQ Read 13.9 DQ Write 15.8 DQ Mixed 14.5 11% 14.7 MB/s
Poor: 39% Great: 102%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 102GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 254 274 273 272 286 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	Read 434 Write 414 Mixed 332 SusWrite 261 81% 360 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 91.1 4K Mixed 47.3 160% 57.4 MB/s	DQ Read 166 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 57.4 99% 187 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 124%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 480GB-$175 24,007 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 289GB free Firmware: 0C3FD6SD SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 265 218 189 125 111 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	67.8% Good	Read 420 Write 353 Mixed 34.8 SusWrite 178 54% 246 MB/s	4K Read 9.7 4K Write 57 4K Mixed 32.7 87% 33.1 MB/s	DQ Read 260 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 132 138% 225 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 92%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 178 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	37.5% Below average	MC Read 11.8 MC Write 16.7 MC Mixed 12.3 39% 13.6 GB/s	SC Read 4.8 SC Write 10.1 SC Mixed 8.5 22% 7.8 GB/s	Latency 96.5 41% 96.5 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 87%

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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%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-A - $150

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,304x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,184x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	789x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	341x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	307x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	270x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	201x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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