Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 71.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	100% 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	73.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	8.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140508
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 10 '24 at 09:57
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	EST-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790S-$60 13,224 User benchmarks, average bench 72% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	71.3% Very good	Memory 85.9 1-Core 91.2 2-Core 173 69% 117 Pts	4-Core 314 8-Core 404 46% 359 Pts	64-Core 462 29% 462 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 551.61 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	100% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 134 Parallax 125 103% 129 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 132 Splatting 112 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 240GB-$79 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 104GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 151 158 163 152 152 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	73.1% Very good	Read 405 Write 265 Mixed 293 SusWrite 157 62% 280 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 70.7 4K Mixed 31.9 112% 41.6 MB/s	DQ Read 307 DQ Write 263 DQ Mixed 186 166% 252 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 91%
Seagate Expansion Desk 16TB 282 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0915 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 145 146 145 138 136 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	27.3% Poor	Read 199 Write 195 Mixed 167 SusWrite 141 40% 176 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 10.8 4K Mixed 1.3 39% 11 MB/s	DQ Read 3.6 DQ Write 7.5 DQ Mixed 1.7 2% 4.27 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 27.3% Great: 38%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 784GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 157 150 158 156 156 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 179 Mixed 37 SusWrite 155 99% 137 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.5 127% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 107%
Hitachi HDS721010KLA330 1TB-$47 10,943 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 930GB free Firmware: GKAOA70M SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 70 70 70 70 70 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	42.2% Average	Read 76.8 Write 81.5 Mixed 44.2 SusWrite 69.9 50% 68.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 182% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 46%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$99 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1TB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 135 151 147 148 156 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	52.2% Above average	Read 40.9 Write 121 Mixed 26.6 SusWrite 142 60% 82.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.1 28% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 108%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 11,776 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 640GB free Firmware: 9401 SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 116 141 119 142 137 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	52.9% Above average	Read 68.5 Write 21.1 Mixed 16 SusWrite 116 40% 55.3 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.3 118% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB 48,796 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.4% Above average	MC Read 18.7 MC Write 18.7 MC Mixed 17 52% 18.1 GB/s	SC Read 11.7 SC Write 16.4 SC Mixed 16.4 42% 14.8 GB/s	Latency 66.7 60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 52.4% 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	41	8	75	34.1"	1280 720	GSM7770 LG ULTRAWIDE

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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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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 $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