Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	111% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	49.9% 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 (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140930
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jan 25 '20 at 20:57
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	36%

PC Performing below expectations (38^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Memory 97.7 1-Core 127 2-Core 241 89% 155 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 551 65% 502 Pts	64-Core 632 39% 632 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$466 261,508 User benchmarks, average bench 131% Asus(1043 8712) CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3875 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	111% Outstanding	Lighting 142 Reflection 155 Parallax 167 115% 154 fps	MRender 180 Gravity 140 Splatting 100 110% 140 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 139%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 330 Series 240GB 1,960 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: 300i SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 119 120 169 150 94 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	49.9% Average	Read 392 Write 110 Mixed 126 SusWrite 130 42% 190 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 16.7 4K Mixed 20.7 73% 20.7 MB/s	DQ Read 117 DQ Write 51.4 DQ Mixed 55.5 49% 74.6 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 91%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 109GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 440 438 439 451 448 451 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 462 Write 430 Mixed 370 SusWrite 444 96% 427 MB/s	4K Read 46.6 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 60.5 205% 71.2 MB/s	DQ Read 160 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 288 210% 266 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 134%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 906GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 168 169 169 170 169 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Read 164 Write 152 Mixed 64.8 SusWrite 169 100% 137 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 2.3 406% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 108%
WD WD360GD-00FNA0 37GB 465 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 8GB free Firmware: 35.06K35 SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 41 41 41 40 40 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	19.1% Very poor	Read 25.3 Write 40.5 Mixed 26.3 SusWrite 40.6 24% 33.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 1 168% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 19.1% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 24,592 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.4% Average	MC Read 15.6 MC Write 16.3 MC Mixed 13.8 44% 15.2 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 12.6 41% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 47.4 84% 47.4 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 88%

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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%

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	1,185x
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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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