Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 55.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	160% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	77.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	21.3 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140508
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 26 '23 at 08:12
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	EST-User
Background CPU	22%

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PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-4150-$42 36,627 User benchmarks, average bench 55% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	55.2% Above average	Memory 73.7 1-Core 94 2-Core 163 64% 110 Pts	4-Core 212 8-Core 229 29% 221 Pts	64-Core 237 15% 237 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Asus(1043 866B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 537.13 Performing below potential (63^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	160% Outstanding	Lighting 216 Reflection 206 Parallax 239 176% 220 fps	MRender 267 Gravity 213 Splatting 169 172% 216 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 160% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Burst 240GB 26,886 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 153GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 98 93 92 95 95 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	77.4% Very good	Read 439 Write 337 Mixed 312 SusWrite 102 66% 297 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 75.3 4K Mixed 33.8 134% 47.5 MB/s	DQ Read 265 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 190 170% 256 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 94%
Asgard AN3 2TNVMe-M.2/80 2TB 134 User benchmarks, average bench 293% 831GB free Firmware: 42A4SANA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 463 513 559 559 307 656 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	155% Outstanding	Read 670 Write 626 Mixed 118 SusWrite 510 107% 481 MB/s	4K Read 49.2 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 68.1 219% 75.3 MB/s	DQ Read 735 DQ Write 541 DQ Mixed 585 451% 620 MB/s
Poor: 155% ↑ This bench: 155% Great: 403%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600 CL10 Series 3x8GB 59 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 3 of 4 slots used 24GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1696 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	57.2% Above average	MC Read 19.5 MC Write 22.7 MC Mixed 18.6 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 19 SC Mixed 18 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 93.2 43% 93.2 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 77%

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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	27	6	165	24"	1920 1080	AUS24AC VG248

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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	2,312x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,189x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	792x
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	272x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	202x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	137x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	250x
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 $269	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 $177	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