Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Raft	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 25% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 81.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	29.5% 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	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 (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 14 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140620
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 04 '23 at 08:11
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	37%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Memory 93.5 1-Core 115 2-Core 211 81% 140 Pts	4-Core 380 8-Core 530 57% 455 Pts	64-Core 566 35% 566 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% MSI(1462 8C96) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 527.56 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	29.5% Poor	Lighting 37.2 Reflection 41.6 Parallax 38.7 30% 39.2 fps	MRender 37.7 Gravity 39.4 Splatting 28 28% 35 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 29.5% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 10GB free (System drive) Firmware: 580ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 89 83 86 86 90 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	53.5% Above average	Read 170 Write 124 Mixed 158 SusWrite 84.1 30% 134 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 82.3 4K Mixed 34.2 121% 46.3 MB/s	DQ Read 85.7 DQ Write 89.3 DQ Mixed 92 68% 89 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 73%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 292GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 465 465 462 470 471 471 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 474 Mixed 397 SusWrite 467 103% 457 MB/s	4K Read 42.6 4K Write 93.5 4K Mixed 55.8 186% 64 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 356 268% 359 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 134%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 750GB-$60 30,974 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 361GB free Firmware: 1AA01108 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 66 67 68 67 70 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	41.4% Average	Read 75.9 Write 66 Mixed 57 SusWrite 67.6 49% 66.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.1 213% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 60%
WD My Passport 07A8 1TB 5,659 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 768GB free, PID 07a8 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 39 38 39 39 39 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	19.3% Very poor	Read 54.1 Write 31.1 Mixed 29.8 SusWrite 38.8 49% 38.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.7 58% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 19.3% Great: 46%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1866 CL10 Series 2x8GB 7,244 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	67.5% Good	MC Read 23.9 MC Write 25.6 MC Mixed 21.6 68% 23.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 23 SC Mixed 19.6 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 60.9 66% 60.9 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 68%

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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	2,304x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,184x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	789x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	341x
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	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 $279	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 $184	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