Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 61.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	21.6% 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)
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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

18 months ago, 18 months ago, 18 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140508
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Nov 20 '22 at 20:18
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-4340-$60 866 User benchmarks, average bench 64% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	61.7% Good	Memory 82.7 1-Core 99.3 2-Core 172 70% 118 Pts	4-Core 236 8-Core 247 32% 241 Pts	64-Core 249 15% 249 Pts
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 560-$500 60,738 User benchmarks, average bench 22% MSI(1462 8A91) CLim: 1196 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 22.5.1 Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	21.6% Poor	Lighting 25.9 Reflection 28.1 Parallax 36.6 21% 30.2 fps	MRender 27.4 Gravity 30.5 Splatting 25.3 22% 27.7 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 21.6% Great: 25%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme Samsung SSD 980 250GB 344 User benchmarks, average bench 206% 48GB free Firmware: 1B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 503 501 177 194 194 194 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 539 Write 374 Mixed 540 SusWrite 294 98% 437 MB/s	4K Read 42.2 4K Write 69.3 4K Mixed 52.6 168% 54.7 MB/s	DQ Read 728 DQ Write 297 DQ Mixed 402 327% 475 MB/s
Poor: 98% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 313%
Seagate ST3160815AS 160GB-$46 33,785 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4.AAB SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 46 46 42 57 55 MB/s Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 153 Write 5.2 Mixed 6 SusWrite 44.4 38% 52.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Mixed 0 75% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 11% Great: 42%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 672GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 172 173 173 172 173 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 156 Mixed 60 SusWrite 172 105% 145 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 2.4 415% 2.93 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 174 179 176 169 172 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Read 104 Write 122 Mixed 69.1 SusWrite 172 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 84% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 90%
WD Blue 160GB (2007)-$22 56,540 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 59GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 85 83 85 85 85 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	47.1% Average	Read 79.4 Write 83.5 Mixed 57.3 SusWrite 84.5 56% 76.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 147% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GB 27,462 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	56% Above average	MC Read 19.2 MC Write 21.4 MC Mixed 17.6 55% 19.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 17.3 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 75.6 53% 75.6 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 60%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus Z97-A - $150

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,324x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,196x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	421x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	795x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	342x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	310x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	273x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	202x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	139x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	252x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	153x
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 i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $251	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16