Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Sail boat	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 78.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	36.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	69.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	28 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20150818
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 25 '18 at 14:01
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	Memory 94.1 1-Core 95.5 2-Core 191 75% 127 Pts	4-Core 365 8-Core 369 49% 367 Pts	64-Core 370 23% 370 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 854D) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 353.62 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	36.9% Below average	Lighting 48.4 Reflection 45.8 Parallax 39.8 39% 44.7 fps	MRender 39.7 Gravity 41.3 Splatting 37.3 32% 39.4 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SUV300S37A120G 120GB 4,336 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM11.K SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 55 53 44 48 50 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	69.2% Good	Read 507 Write 305 Mixed 215 SusWrite 55.2 60% 270 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 95.2 4K Mixed 20.5 120% 48.2 MB/s	DQ Read 293 DQ Write 171 DQ Mixed 129 124% 198 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 83%
Kingston SUV300S37A240G 240GB 5,323 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 106GB free Firmware: SAFM11.K SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 90 106 94 96 97 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Read 509 Write 440 Mixed 208 SusWrite 101 70% 315 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 40.8 144% 56.6 MB/s	DQ Read 328 DQ Write 187 DQ Mixed 78.7 106% 198 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 92%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$109 43,695 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 145GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 91.8 Mixed 90.7 71% 91.2 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 151% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 28% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 168 168 169 167 169 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	94% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 133 Mixed 83 SusWrite 159 100% 136 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 12,722 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	72.3% Very good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 27.4 MC Mixed 24 74% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 18.4 SC Mixed 23.3 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 59.6 67% 59.6 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 80%

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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%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-A - $150

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,310x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,186x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	791x
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 $94Bench 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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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