Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 169% UFO	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 130% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 84.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	208% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	53.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB 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.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 23 '21 at 20:36
Run Duration	250 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	36%

PC Performing as expected (45^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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Memory 92.4 1-Core 113 2-Core 221 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 445 59% 443 Pts	64-Core 455 28% 455 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3080-Ti-$660 155,335 User benchmarks, average bench 204% MSI(1462 3896) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 471.68 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	208% Outstanding	Lighting 304 Reflection 285 Parallax 349 248% 313 fps	MRender 349 Gravity 253 Splatting 189 207% 264 fps
Poor: 162% ↑ This bench: 208% Great: 225%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR021 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 100 127 116 75 134 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	53.5% Above average	Read 432 Write 136 Mixed 147 SusWrite 114 45% 207 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 36.1 4K Mixed 20.3 78% 26.1 MB/s	DQ Read 130 DQ Write 107 DQ Mixed 88.2 74% 108 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 95%
SanDisk Ultra Plus 128GB-$75 16,709 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 52GB free Firmware: X2306RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 243 222 264 277 285 284 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	77.5% Very good	Read 492 Write 288 Mixed 182 SusWrite 262 68% 306 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 38.1 4K Mixed 28.2 107% 33.2 MB/s	DQ Read 319 DQ Write 94.5 DQ Mixed 126 114% 180 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 91%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$78 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 587GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 73 77 76 75 76 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	46.4% Average	Read 86 Write 87.3 Mixed 62.1 SusWrite 75.3 57% 77.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x4GB 17,012 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	63.6% Good	MC Read 22.5 MC Write 23.4 MC Mixed 19.9 63% 21.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 19.8 57% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 63.4 63% 63.4 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 73%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 51: 7R 4G 4B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
51%	42%	36	185	7	100	34.1"	1280 720	ACR0450 Acer X34

History: Score 24: 2R 3G 5B | Score 51: 7R 4G 4B

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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	2,301x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,182x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	419x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	787x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	340x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	307x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	270x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	201x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	136x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	247x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	150x
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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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