Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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 a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 63.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	53.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	85.5% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (66%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	18.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140707
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 17 '20 at 17:58
Run Duration	220 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	66%

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PC Performing below expectations (35^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 way below expectations (8^th percentile)	63.1% Good	Memory 71 1-Core 85.1 2-Core 164 62% 107 Pts	4-Core 298 8-Core 532 50% 415 Pts	64-Core 570 35% 570 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Sapphire(1DA2 E353) CLim: 1350 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.4.2 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	53.1% Above average	Lighting 65.6 Reflection 68.4 Parallax 90.5 53% 74.8 fps	MRender 71.1 Gravity 65.9 Splatting 58 52% 65 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 595GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 291 320 296 321 335 333 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Read 457 Write 388 Mixed 334 SusWrite 316 84% 374 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 41.9 4K Mixed 35.3 114% 35.9 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 185 DQ Mixed 222 180% 259 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 133%
Seagate Constellation ES.3 1TB-$33 9,374 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 631GB free Firmware: SN03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 120 120 126 130 129 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	49.3% Average	Read 54 Write 100 Mixed 52.9 SusWrite 118 60% 81.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 121% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 103%
Seagate ST3000NM0033-9ZM178 3TB 1,501 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 728GB free Firmware: SN04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 120 120 122 116 118 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	66.6% Good	Read 113 Write 110 Mixed 84.4 SusWrite 119 79% 107 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 200% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 102%
Seagate ST6000NM0024-1HT17Z 6TB 821 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 1TB free Firmware: SN05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 161 162 162 161 162 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	91.8% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 144 Mixed 81.7 SusWrite 160 100% 136 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1.2 253% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 119%
Seagate Barracuda Pro 6TB (2016)-$149 321 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2TB free Firmware: DN03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 171 172 174 174 176 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	55.7% Above average	Read 22.3 Write 70.7 Mixed 39.7 SusWrite 172 56% 76.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.3 74% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 197 195 197 193 191 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 195 Write 148 Mixed 80.4 SusWrite 192 112% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.9 145% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 114%
Seagate ST1000DM003-1CH162 4TB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 62 63 83 80 70 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 13.7 Write 90.3 Mixed 25.1 SusWrite 69.1 36% 49.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.5 81% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 60% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT8G3D1608DT1TX0. 4x8GB 1,529 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	56.3% Above average	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.7 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 11.9 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 13.7 41% 14.2 GB/s	Latency 99 40% 99 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 69%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $274	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 $183	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