Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 70.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	91.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	43.3% 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 (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150424
Uptime	4.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 23 '20 at 02:05
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	70.9% Very good	Memory 77.3 1-Core 113 2-Core 198 74% 129 Pts	4-Core 348 8-Core 570 56% 459 Pts	64-Core 503 31% 503 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	3.92% Terrible	Lighting 3.77 Reflection 6.19 Parallax 7.22 3% 5.73 fps	MRender 8.81 Gravity 2.57 Splatting 8.57 6% 6.65 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.92% Great: 3%
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Gigabyte(1458 37C2) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	91.8% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 119 Parallax 0.09 103% 81.7 fps	MRender 178 Gravity 120 Splatting 0.09 70% 99.4 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 91.8% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Team T253X2512G 512GB 14,867 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 78GB free (System drive) Firmware: T0311A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 40 28 58 77 3.8 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	43.3% Average	Read 452 Write 372 Mixed 217 SusWrite 48.7 60% 272 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 43.1 4K Mixed 0.9 65% 23.6 MB/s	DQ Read 156 DQ Write 68.6 DQ Mixed 52 54% 92.1 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 194 192 191 193 194 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 185 Write 161 Mixed 80.9 SusWrite 192 113% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 114%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 930GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 194 196 193 193 194 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 211 Write 176 Mixed 97.3 SusWrite 194 124% 170 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.1 226% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 931GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 210 209 209 208 210 212 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 205 Write 159 Mixed 89.4 SusWrite 210 121% 166 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 159% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 4x4GB 6,584 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	44.2% Average	MC Read 16 MC Write 16.3 MC Mixed 13.3 43% 15.2 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 15.4 SC Mixed 14.2 39% 13.6 GB/s	Latency 85.6 47% 85.6 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 62%

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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	2,306x
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	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 $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 $182	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) $30	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