Asus Z97-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 80% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 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 79.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	105% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	3.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150424
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 09 '19 at 16:08
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing below expectations (38^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, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	Memory 90.6 1-Core 102 2-Core 201 76% 131 Pts	4-Core 397 8-Core 389 53% 393 Pts	64-Core 389 24% 389 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Nvidia(10DE 1F02) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing below potential (67^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 128 Parallax 128 106% 129 fps	MRender 181 Gravity 125 Splatting 103 108% 136 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 455 Write 460 Mixed 426 100% 447 MB/s	4K Read 38.4 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 38.8 167% 63 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 242 DQ Mixed 240 198% 286 MB/s
Poor: 74% Great: 129%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 408GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 120 121 120 121 122 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	Read 151 Write 149 Mixed 71 SusWrite 121 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 133% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 112%
Seagate Expansion Desk 2TB 12,762 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 852GB free Firmware: 0911 SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 19 19 19 19 19 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	15.7% Very poor	Read 34 Write 34.8 Mixed 35 SusWrite 18.7 23% 30.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 5.3 4K Mixed 0.6 227% 2.47 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 15.7% Great: 104%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 8TB 16,705 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4TB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 19 19 19 19 19 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	15.3% Very poor	Read 32.5 Write 35.3 Mixed 34.2 SusWrite 19.4 23% 30.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 0.6 186% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 15.3% Great: 92%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 44,086 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1373 MHz Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.7% Average	MC Read 15.7 MC Write 17.7 MC Mixed 16.2 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 18.7 SC Mixed 16.3 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 64%

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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	2,304x
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 $46

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