Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (12th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 88 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 below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 46%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	44.9% 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	56.8% 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.

Very high background CPU (76%). 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	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140711
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Mar 14 '19 at 04:03
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	76%

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PC Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 2.55 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	46% Average	Memory 55.8 1-Core 20.5 2-Core 62.5 30% 46.3 Pts	4-Core 195 8-Core 357 33% 276 Pts	64-Core 394 24% 394 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 371A) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	44.9% Average	Lighting 49.2 Reflection 70.6 Parallax 70.8 40% 63.6 fps	MRender 68.7 Gravity 58.9 Splatting 69.3 54% 65.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 240GB-$139 12,595 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 159 161 150 154 154 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	56.8% Above average	Read 318 Write 225 Mixed 245 SusWrite 158 53% 237 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 38 4K Mixed 24.7 85% 28.2 MB/s	DQ Read 187 DQ Write 176 DQ Mixed 167 129% 177 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 95%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 81GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 118 117 118 119 118 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	72% Very good	Read 133 Write 102 Mixed 72 SusWrite 118 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1.1 215% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS4G3D1609DS1S00. 4x4GB 14,299 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	47.2% Average	MC Read 18.2 MC Write 19.5 MC Mixed 18.5 54% 18.7 GB/s	SC Read 6.9 SC Write 3.9 SC Mixed 7.6 18% 6.13 GB/s	Latency 141 28% 141 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 64%

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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%

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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	2,309x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,185x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	790x
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	271x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	202x
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 $273	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 $178	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