Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 78.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	61.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	63.7% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 14 '20 at 16:45
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Memory 92.2 1-Core 80.9 2-Core 187 70% 120 Pts	4-Core 346 8-Core 561 56% 453 Pts	64-Core 562 35% 562 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1418 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	61.9% Good	Lighting 78.2 Reflection 82.2 Parallax 73.9 64% 78.1 fps	MRender 79.1 Gravity 71.5 Splatting 65.3 58% 72 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SUV300S37A240G 240GB 5,323 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM11.K SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 75 65 73 49 43 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	63.7% Good	Read 483 Write 151 Mixed 196 SusWrite 66.8 49% 224 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 83.7 4K Mixed 16.4 104% 41.8 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 116 DQ Mixed 163 138% 208 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 92%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$20 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 15GB free Firmware: SC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 90 92 92 91 92 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	56.4% Above average	Read 105 Write 108 Mixed 57.2 SusWrite 91.1 66% 90.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 147% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 60%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 379GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 97 97 97 97 97 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	75.2% Very good	Read 165 Write 158 Mixed 98.7 SusWrite 97 96% 130 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1.2 212% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 108%
Generic- SD/MMC 16GB 649 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 3GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.8 4 3.7 5 2.4 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	4.34% Terrible	Read 18.2 Write 4.2 Mixed 8.5 SusWrite 4 10% 8.73 MB/s	4K Read 3.5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 13% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.34% Great: 16%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Savage DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 20,216 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2400 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	58.3% Above average	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 17.3 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 20.5 SC Mixed 18.9 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 63.6 63% 63.6 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 86%

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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	2,316x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,194x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	793x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	342x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	309x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	272x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	202x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	138x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	250x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	152x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16