Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 44% Speed boat	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 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 relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 34.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	40.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	51.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 12 '18 at 11:55
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing below expectations (37^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 1.75 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	34.4% Below average	Memory 47.1 1-Core 23 2-Core 39.5 25% 36.5 Pts	4-Core 117 8-Core 342 25% 229 Pts	64-Core 559 35% 559 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 34.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-Ti-$410 30,815 User benchmarks, average bench 53% EVGA(3842 3888) 3GB CLim: 1398 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 397.64 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	40.7% Average	Lighting 38.4 Reflection 54.1 Parallax 98.7 31% 63.7 fps	MRender 84.2 Gravity 85.3 Splatting 54.3 59% 74.6 fps
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 59%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 215 209 198 178 140 137 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	51.9% Above average	Read 347 Write 258 Mixed 265 SusWrite 179 59% 263 MB/s	4K Read 13.1 4K Write 28.6 4K Mixed 15.8 55% 19.2 MB/s	DQ Read 245 DQ Write 203 DQ Mixed 171 143% 206 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 51.9% Great: 91%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E380 500GB 64,410 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 458GB free Firmware: GG2OACY0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 103 Write 100 Mixed 23.2 55% 75.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.3 62% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 17% Great: 58%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$88 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 282GB free Firmware: CC1H SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 109 108 109 110 109 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	63% Good	Read 111 Write 108 Mixed 24.8 SusWrite 109 64% 88.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 157% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda 8TB (2017)-$99 42,465 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 6TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 172 172 174 180 177 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Read 122 Write 154 Mixed 69.3 SusWrite 173 95% 130 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 4.7 4K Mixed 0.7 223% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 9,944 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1867 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.8% Average	MC Read 16.4 MC Write 18.3 MC Mixed 15.6 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 9.2 SC Write 4.6 SC Mixed 6.8 20% 6.87 GB/s	Latency 172 23% 172 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 70%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	2,305x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,184x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	789x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	341x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	307x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	270x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	201x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	137x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	248x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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