Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 82.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	74.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	286% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	28 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 15 '23 at 04:26
Run Duration	422 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Memory 89.9 1-Core 115 2-Core 220 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 406 8-Core 613 63% 510 Pts	64-Core 621 38% 621 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$266 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Zotac(19DA 4630) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 546.01 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	74.2% Very good	Lighting 91 Reflection 83 Parallax 130 74% 101 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 68.7 Splatting 86.7 74% 91.8 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc M.2 PCIe SSD 512GB 29,096 User benchmarks, average bench 203% 355GB free Firmware: SN09844 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 355 362 356 368 371 370 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	144% Outstanding	Read 677 Write 628 Mixed 652 SusWrite 364 130% 580 MB/s	4K Read 49.4 4K Write 90.6 4K Mixed 61.9 202% 67.3 MB/s	DQ Read 771 DQ Write 646 DQ Mixed 721 537% 713 MB/s
Poor: 112% ↑ This bench: 144% Great: 291%
Xraydisk 1TB PRO 1TB 203 User benchmarks, average bench 236% 840GB free (System drive) Firmware: APF1M3R1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 2237 2248 2272 2272 2269 2271 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	286% Outstanding	Read 1,231 Write 2,234 Mixed 1,641 SusWrite 2,262 420% 1,842 MB/s	4K Read 49.1 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 67.8 220% 76.2 MB/s	DQ Read 879 DQ Write 457 DQ Mixed 752 536% 696 MB/s
Poor: 132% ↑ This bench: 286% Great: 334%
Fanxiang S101 512GB 1,873 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 442GB free Firmware: FW201105 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 118 117 121 122 120 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	68.3% Good	Read 490 Write 411 Mixed 366 SusWrite 120 77% 347 MB/s	4K Read 37.2 4K Write 74.7 4K Mixed 12.4 112% 41.4 MB/s	DQ Read 165 DQ Write 275 DQ Mixed 16.3 70% 152 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 101%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 69GB free Firmware: EXT0BB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 122 121 124 125 125 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Read 474 Write 344 Mixed 322 SusWrite 123 70% 316 MB/s	4K Read 39.8 4K Write 87 4K Mixed 48 168% 58.3 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 168 179% 296 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 108%
Samsung Portable SSD T5 1TB 13,039 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 931GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 313 317 313 326 328 327 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	69.2% Good	Read 391 Write 387 Mixed 359 SusWrite 321 82% 364 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 38 4K Mixed 27 88% 29 MB/s	DQ Read 173 DQ Write 116 DQ Mixed 99.1 86% 129 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 99%
Walram 1 TB 1TB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 931GB free Firmware: 0214 SusWrite @10s intervals: 375 375 373 375 374 376 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	67.2% Good	Read 370 Write 361 Mixed 336 SusWrite 374 81% 360 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 37.3 4K Mixed 16.1 74% 25.1 MB/s	DQ Read 173 DQ Write 166 DQ Mixed 156 121% 165 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 67%
WD Blue 250GB (2007)-$25 41,230 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 366GB free Firmware: 01.03A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 78 79 79 76 80 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	45.1% Average	Read 77.9 Write 73.8 Mixed 53 SusWrite 78.9 52% 70.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 171% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 55%
Apple HDD HTS541010A9E662 1TB 4,614 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 304GB free Firmware: JA0AB5D0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 77 72 79 80 80 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	49.2% Average	Read 93.3 Write 88.4 Mixed 33 SusWrite 77.9 53% 73.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 115% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 59%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1.5TB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 95 102 106 104 106 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	73% Very good	Read 151 Write 132 Mixed 97.1 SusWrite 102 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.1 230% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 85%
Seagate ST3500414CS 500GB 23,667 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 355GB free Firmware: CA14 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 87 91 90 88 92 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	47.8% Average	Read 76.3 Write 74.1 Mixed 48.1 SusWrite 90 53% 72.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 61%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 51 52 53 53 53 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	39.6% Below average	Read 85.9 Write 53.3 Mixed 47.6 SusWrite 51.9 44% 59.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 143% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 113%
ST350041 4CS 500GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 250GB free, PID 2773 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.2 4.3 4.3 4.1 4.1 4.1 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	10.8% Very poor	Read 39.6 Write 40.7 Mixed 28.7 SusWrite 4.2 36% 28.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 78% 1 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 10.8% Great: 18%
ST350041 4CS 500GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 124GB free, PID 2773 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 33 33 33 33 33 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	18.6% Very poor	Read 49.8 Write 39.7 Mixed 28.8 SusWrite 32.7 49% 37.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 1 82% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 18.6% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1600C10 32GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	60.3% Good	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 18.1 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 23.6 SC Mixed 19.6 56% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 67.1 60% 67.1 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 60%

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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	50.7"	1280 720	SAM0AC8 SAMSUNG

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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	2,327x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,198x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	421x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	796x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	344x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	310x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	274x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	202x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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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Total price: $798

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16