Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 40% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 80.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	51.7% 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	42.3% 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 (47%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 months ago, 1 day ago, 1 day ago, 1 day ago, 1 day ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 26 '23 at 23:29
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	47%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5775C-$220 2,527 User benchmarks, average bench 85% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Memory 94.1 1-Core 114 2-Core 226 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 364 8-Core 534 56% 449 Pts	64-Core 543 34% 543 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$150 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% PowerColor(148C 2372) CLim: 1330 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 23.4.3 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	51.7% Above average	Lighting 65.2 Reflection 62.6 Parallax 87.6 53% 71.8 fps	MRender 65 Gravity 73.2 Splatting 46.5 49% 61.6 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS900 500GB SSD 16,267 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 379GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS900613 SusWrite @10s intervals: 292 300 296 148 98 96 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	42.3% Average	Read 348 Write 106 Mixed 86.9 SusWrite 205 41% 186 MB/s	4K Read 18.3 4K Write 18.9 4K Mixed 10.6 51% 15.9 MB/s	DQ Read 14.2 DQ Write 15.2 DQ Mixed 19.4 13% 16.3 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 96%
Spcc M.2 PCIe SSD 1TB 4,128 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 454GB free Firmware: VC0S036I Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 586 615 616 652 654 653 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Read 698 Write 656 Mixed 638 SusWrite 630 148% 655 MB/s	4K Read 37.3 4K Write 69.3 4K Mixed 48.1 155% 51.6 MB/s	DQ Read 526 DQ Write 472 DQ Mixed 488 369% 495 MB/s
Poor: 148% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 304%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 671GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 134 135 136 137 137 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 143 Mixed 94 SusWrite 136 103% 140 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 240% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 931GB free Firmware: CC49 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 182 194 194 180 174 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	97.3% Outstanding	Read 159 Write 135 Mixed 86.1 SusWrite 180 103% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 97.3% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GBH2X04H1BB31-16 2x8GB 367 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	MC Read 40.7 MC Write 26 MC Mixed 28.7 91% 31.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 20.9 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 59.7 67% 59.7 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 80%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware.

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	48	11	60	27.9"	1280 720	ACR0477 Acer CB281HK

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-A - $150

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	1,796x
Core i5-4690KIntel $95Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	915x
Core i7-4790Intel $150Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	335x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $340Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	638x
GTX 1070Nvidia $200Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	267x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $130Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	240x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $70Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	219x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $160Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	160x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $118Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	115x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	197x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	122x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	105x

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Value: 51% - Above average

Total price: $908

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $300	Nvidia RTX 3060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $27
Intel Core i5-12600K $200	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $300	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $86
Intel Core i5-12400F $150	Nvidia RTX 4070-Ti $800	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $67	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $381	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16