Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 81.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	67.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	103% 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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

10 months ago, 10 months ago, 10 months ago, 10 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	7.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	3.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 31 '23 at 19:37
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing as expected (55^th 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 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Memory 94.7 1-Core 125 2-Core 235 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 370 8-Core 589 59% 479 Pts	64-Core 614 38% 614 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$209 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% Asus(1043 86BB) CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 535.98 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	67.8% Good	Lighting 89.3 Reflection 86.6 Parallax 74.5 73% 83.5 fps	MRender 65.2 Gravity 77.5 Splatting 69.7 58% 70.8 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$53 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 144GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 390 421 425 445 446 447 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 470 Write 446 Mixed 420 SusWrite 429 99% 441 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 63.9 4K Mixed 43.4 135% 45.8 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 292 236% 334 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 125%
CT500MX500SSD1 250GB 87GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 2,757 Write 2,393 Mixed 2,236 548% 2,462 MB/s	4K Read 166 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 132 478% 135 MB/s	DQ Read 509 DQ Write 297 DQ Mixed 369 284% 392 MB/s

Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 238GB free Firmware: 1AA01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 64 65 63 65 64 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	43.6% Average	Read 87.4 Write 96.1 Mixed 60.1 SusWrite 64.1 57% 76.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 187% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 62%
WD My Book 25DA 3TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 2TB free Firmware: 3002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 109 108 111 110 111 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	56% Above average	Read 86 Write 65.6 Mixed 70.7 SusWrite 109 61% 82.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$37 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 518GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 172 170 174 174 173 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	97% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 161 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 172 105% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 139% 1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 113%
Toshiba External USB 3.0 2TB 111 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 853GB free Firmware: 5438 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 13,375 Mixed 64.4 4,804% 6,720 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 22% Great: 77%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 22,320 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	59.8% Above average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.3 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 22.8 SC Mixed 18.5 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 57.9 69% 57.9 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 63%

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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	71	59	60	23"	1920 1080	ACI23E1 ASUS VX239

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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	2,331x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,201x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	422x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	797x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	345x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	310x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	275x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	203x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 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	154x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	120x

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