Asus Z97-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	4.7% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	10GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 10GB 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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	8 GB free of 10 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1600 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140930
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 01 '20 at 17:57
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Memory 92.6 1-Core 126 2-Core 248 88% 156 Pts	4-Core 465 8-Core 476 63% 470 Pts	64-Core 487 30% 487 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 8800 GTS 3,160 User benchmarks, average bench 4% BFG(19F1 040F) 320MB Ram: 320MB, Driver: 342.01 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	4.7% Terrible	Lighting 5.97 Reflection 7.35 Parallax 2.09 5% 5.14 fps	MRender 6.29 Gravity 4.63 Splatting 5.22 4% 5.38 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.7% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate ST9120315AS 120GB 200 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0002CE02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 17 25 52 53 52 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	20.3% Poor	Read 31.4 Write 60.7 Mixed 17.8 SusWrite 39 27% 37.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 118% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 20.3% Great: 43%
Toshiba MK1665GSX H 160GB 630 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 149GB free Firmware: GJ001Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 85 81 84 85 83 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	48% Average	Read 83.3 Write 83.3 Mixed 23.4 SusWrite 83.6 50% 68.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.5 110% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 51%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$24 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 465GB free Firmware: SC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 105 107 109 110 107 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	59.9% Above average	Read 101 Write 98.9 Mixed 52.9 SusWrite 108 66% 90.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 128% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 60%
WD Blue 2.5" 750GB (2010)-$55 30,952 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 653GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 77 72 80 79 79 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	45.6% Average	Read 81.1 Write 72.2 Mixed 51 SusWrite 77.7 52% 70.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Elpida EBJ21UE8BDF0-DJ-F 1315 CT51264BA160B.C16F EBJ21UE8BDF0-DJ-F 1315 CT25664BA160B.C8FK 10GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1333, 1600, 1333, 1600 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 2048 MB Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	54.5% Above average	MC Read 19 MC Write 19.3 MC Mixed 16.8 52% 18.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 18.1 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 62.9 64% 62.9 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 54%

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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	2,310x
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 $94Bench 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