Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	66.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	59.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	19.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	5.5 Days
Run Date	Dec 10 '23 at 18:46
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	71.6% Very good	Memory 87.1 1-Core 91.6 2-Core 176 70% 118 Pts	4-Core 303 8-Core 498 49% 401 Pts	64-Core 444 28% 444 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$200 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% Gigabyte(1458 3FC7) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 546.17 Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	66.8% Good	Lighting 88 Reflection 85.1 Parallax 79.5 72% 84.2 fps	MRender 63 Gravity 77.5 Splatting 69 57% 69.8 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SK hynix PC401 HFS256GD9TNG-62A0A 256GB 5,344 User benchmarks, average bench 111% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80000E00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 63 60 65 70 74 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	59.6% Above average	Read 473 Write 34.7 Mixed 87.8 SusWrite 66.5 36% 166 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 41.2 4K Mixed 24.2 92% 30.3 MB/s	DQ Read 302 DQ Write 83.6 DQ Mixed 117 106% 167 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 163%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$39 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 467GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 138 140 138 136 138 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Read 145 Write 104 Mixed 81.6 SusWrite 137 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 218% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905471-084.A00LF 4x8GB 125 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	53.2% Above average	MC Read 19.3 MC Write 20 MC Mixed 16.1 53% 18.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 17.6 SC Mixed 15.1 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 70 57% 70 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 53.2% 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	50	40	60	24"	1280 720	IVM6118 PLG2488H

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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	2,323x
Core i5-4690KIntel $55Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,196x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	421x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	795x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	342x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	310x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	273x
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	152x
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 i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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