Asus Z97-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Very high background CPU (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 24 '20 at 10:57
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	38%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	Memory 93.6 1-Core 108 2-Core 214 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 341 8-Core 410 49% 376 Pts	64-Core 400 25% 400 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 366A) CLim: 1519 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 432.00 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 71.2 Reflection 70.3 87% 70.8 fps
Poor: 43% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$30 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 112GB free Firmware: SBFK71E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 234 51 55 55 71 56 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	68.1% Good	Read 401 Write 360 Mixed 274 SusWrite 87 63% 281 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 94 4K Mixed 22.9 123% 48.7 MB/s	DQ Read 162 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 131 129% 199 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 85%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$139 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 931GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 393 261 400 447 439 437 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 461 Write 460 Mixed 389 SusWrite 396 96% 427 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 43.9 164% 64 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 360 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 133%
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 238GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 321 230 319 327 328 326 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Read 421 Write 330 Mixed 283 SusWrite 309 75% 336 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 41.3 148% 57.8 MB/s	DQ Read 170 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 181 154% 221 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 97%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 893GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 20 30 30 30 28 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	25.5% Poor	Read 61 Write 81.5 Mixed 31.8 SusWrite 27.8 37% 50.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.4 69% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 25.5% Great: 62%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 930GB free Firmware: 2BA30003 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 109 110 112 112 110 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	63.4% Good	Read 110 Write 116 Mixed 46.8 SusWrite 111 70% 95.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 158% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMX8GX3M2A1333C9 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 0215 CMX8GX3M2A1333C9 0420 F3-12800CL9-4GBXL 16GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1333, 1600, 1333, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	58.1% Above average	MC Read 19.8 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 19.3 58% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 12.8 47% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 60.7 66% 60.7 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 58%

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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%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus Z97-A - $150

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,315x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,194x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	793x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	342x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	309x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	272x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	202x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	138x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	250x
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 i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16