Asus Z97-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 74.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	31% 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)
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	26.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140415
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 01 '20 at 06:11
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing as expected (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$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 as expected (52^nd percentile)	74.2% Very good	Memory 82.4 1-Core 107 2-Core 205 75% 131 Pts	4-Core 356 8-Core 510 54% 433 Pts	64-Core 525 32% 525 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% MSI(1462 8C96) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	31% Below average	Lighting 38.7 Reflection 30.4 Parallax 36.5 32% 35.2 fps	MRender 36.9 Gravity 37.9 Splatting 35.2 30% 36.6 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 31% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM04B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 454 Write 421 Mixed 350 91% 409 MB/s	4K Read 40.2 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 53.7 183% 65.1 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 294 DQ Mixed 324 245% 332 MB/s
Poor: 71% Great: 124%
Seagate Portable 2TB 11,289 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1.5TB free Firmware: 9300 SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 41 42 42 42 42 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	22.3% Poor	Read 36 Write 38.2 Mixed 32 SusWrite 41.2 27% 36.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 22.3% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3 2400G 2OZ 0420 DDR3 2400G 2OZ 0420 DDR3 2400 2OZ 0420 DDR3 2400 2OZ 32GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2400, 2400, 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44.6% Average	MC Read 15.5 MC Write 16 MC Mixed 13.8 43% 15.1 GB/s	SC Read 11.9 SC Write 15.6 SC Mixed 14.5 40% 14 GB/s	Latency 76.2 52% 76.2 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 86%

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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	2,319x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,195x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	421x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	794x
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	273x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	202x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	138x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	252x
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 i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16