Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (22nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 78 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. 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 64.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	95.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	90.6% 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	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 (38%). 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140508
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 12 '23 at 12:32
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	38%

PC Performing below expectations (22^nd 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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	64.2% Good	Memory 72.5 1-Core 95 2-Core 186 67% 118 Pts	4-Core 305 8-Core 415 46% 360 Pts	64-Core 446 28% 446 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 84%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	3.35% Terrible	Lighting 3.8 Reflection 2.6 Parallax 6.2 3% 4.2 fps	MRender 6.8 Gravity 2.5 Splatting 4.9 4% 4.73 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.35% Great: 3%
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$466 261,508 User benchmarks, average bench 131% Gigabyte(1458 3FE9) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3875 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 527.56 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	95.8% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 116 Parallax 118 97% 118 fps	MRender 157 Gravity 110 Splatting 89.9 94% 119 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 139%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$55 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 111GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR043 SusWrite @10s intervals: 350 361 369 334 353 372 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Read 341 Write 381 Mixed 342 SusWrite 356 80% 355 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 61 4K Mixed 40.6 133% 44.5 MB/s	DQ Read 343 DQ Write 276 DQ Mixed 159 160% 259 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 125%
CT1000BX500SSD1 1TB 46,239 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 847GB free Firmware: M6CR061 SusWrite @10s intervals: 236 41 36 38 141 43 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	52.2% Above average	Read 411 Write 317 Mixed 126 SusWrite 89.2 52% 236 MB/s	4K Read 19.2 4K Write 56.2 4K Mixed 13 76% 29.5 MB/s	DQ Read 134 DQ Write 235 DQ Mixed 18.8 61% 129 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 100%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$128 11,448 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 365GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 59 57 58 59 59 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	44.9% Average	Read 98.1 Write 98.4 Mixed 67.1 SusWrite 58.1 59% 80.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 191% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Value DDR3 1600 C11 2x8GB 5,391 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	45% Average	MC Read 15.5 MC Write 17.3 MC Mixed 14.4 45% 15.7 GB/s	SC Read 11.8 SC Write 14.6 SC Mixed 13.7 38% 13.4 GB/s	Latency 95.7 42% 95.7 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 61%

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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%

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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 $273	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 $179	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) $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