Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 82.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	59% 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	155% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (64%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 01 '21 at 12:01
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	64%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Memory 96.4 1-Core 101 2-Core 198 77% 132 Pts	4-Core 397 8-Core 402 53% 400 Pts	64-Core 394 24% 394 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gainward(10B0 1C03) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.72 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	59% Above average	Lighting 72.6 Reflection 79.2 Parallax 77.6 59% 76.5 fps	MRender 67.7 Gravity 74.7 Splatting 72.3 59% 71.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 203GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 218 295 350 355 362 362 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	155% Outstanding	Read 656 Write 535 Mixed 571 SusWrite 324 117% 521 MB/s	4K Read 59 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 76.4 247% 82.9 MB/s	DQ Read 792 DQ Write 627 DQ Mixed 1,145 738% 855 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 155% Great: 355%
Kingston SHFR200240G 240GB 2,078 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 153GB free Firmware: 000056R8 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 188 102 111 144 124 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Read 458 Write 411 Mixed 323 SusWrite 133 74% 331 MB/s	4K Read 37.8 4K Write 91.4 4K Mixed 47.3 166% 58.8 MB/s	DQ Read 322 DQ Write 279 DQ Mixed 187 171% 263 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 96%
Seagate ST32000646NS 2TB 787 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 1TB free Firmware: G009 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 105 136 134 136 134 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	71.9% Very good	Read 128 Write 124 Mixed 66.5 SusWrite 123 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 189% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 87%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 246GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 101 129 128 133 129 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	Read 139 Write 138 Mixed 31.8 SusWrite 119 77% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 107%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 337GB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 18 18 18 19 20 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 11% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x4GB 6,123 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 2400 MHz clocked @ 2448 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	90.2% Outstanding	MC Read 33.6 MC Write 35.3 MC Mixed 30 94% 33 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 19 SC Mixed 24.8 61% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 52.5 76% 52.5 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 90.2% Great: 90%

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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	2,313x
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 $90Bench 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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16