Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 87%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	17% 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)
Boot Drive	43.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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 (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	9.3 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 29 '20 at 20:14
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing as expected (54^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)	87% Excellent	Memory 95.7 1-Core 118 2-Core 241 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 480 61% 464 Pts	64-Core 466 29% 466 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 470 5,537 User benchmarks, average bench 16% EVGA(3842 1472) 1.2GB CLim: 625 MHz, MLim: 850 MHz, Ram: 1.2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	17% Very poor	Lighting 19.8 Reflection 30.6 Parallax 21.8 16% 24.1 fps	MRender 32.5 Gravity 15.4 Splatting 21.5 19% 23.1 fps
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 17% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba OCZ TL100 120GB-$80 2,275 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFZ10.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 70 4.7 84 29 46 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	43.2% Average	Read 471 Write 80.2 Mixed 111 SusWrite 51.3 38% 178 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 46.8 4K Mixed 0.7 78% 27.4 MB/s	DQ Read 7.8 DQ Write 7.1 DQ Mixed 4 4% 6.3 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 82%
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$68 97,624 User benchmarks, average bench 204% 97GB free Firmware: 211070WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 613 365 429 428 431 432 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	163% Outstanding	Read 703 Write 708 Mixed 605 SusWrite 450 139% 616 MB/s	4K Read 44.1 4K Write 146 4K Mixed 72.7 237% 87.6 MB/s	DQ Read 778 DQ Write 727 DQ Mixed 919 644% 808 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 163% Great: 237%
Hitachi HUA723030ALA640 3TB 544 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2.5TB free Firmware: MKAOAA30 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 97 119 105 105 110 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	48.5% Average	Read 62.6 Write 84.9 Mixed 77.3 SusWrite 106 61% 82.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 118% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 89%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMX4GX3M2A1600C9 Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 0215 CMX4GX3M2A1600C9 Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 12GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	65.9% Good	MC Read 23 MC Write 23.4 MC Mixed 20.9 64% 22.4 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 20.9 59% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 55 73% 55 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 61%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-A - $150

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,309x
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	790x
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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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