Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 60.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	112% 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.
Boot Drive	97.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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 (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	7.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140508
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Jan 07 '23 at 03:06
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	46%

PC Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	60.4% Good	Memory 76.9 1-Core 76.8 2-Core 149 60% 101 Pts	4-Core 238 8-Core 352 37% 295 Pts	64-Core 432 27% 432 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 84%

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 as expected (53^rd percentile)	3.49% Terrible	Lighting 3.8 Reflection 2.8 Parallax 7 3% 4.53 fps	MRender 8.2 Gravity 2.6 Splatting 5.1 4% 5.3 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.49% Great: 3%
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$466 261,508 User benchmarks, average bench 131% Gigabyte(1458 3FE9) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3875 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 527.56 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	112% Outstanding	Lighting 142 Reflection 144 Parallax 146 116% 144 fps	MRender 189 Gravity 130 Splatting 106 112% 142 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 139%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$46 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 116GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR043 SusWrite @10s intervals: 396 404 409 372 386 400 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	Read 342 Write 424 Mixed 365 SusWrite 394 86% 381 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 67.4 4K Mixed 45.1 145% 48.9 MB/s	DQ Read 360 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 157 162% 266 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 125%
CT1000BX500SSD1 1TB 46,239 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 890GB free Firmware: M6CR061 SusWrite @10s intervals: 404 395 352 61 59 122 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	71.6% Very good	Read 447 Write 404 Mixed 385 SusWrite 232 82% 367 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 66.9 4K Mixed 19.2 100% 37.6 MB/s	DQ Read 154 DQ Write 295 DQ Mixed 26 76% 158 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 100%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$128 11,448 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 293GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 86 86 85 85 84 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	49.3% Average	Read 86.1 Write 84.7 Mixed 70.6 SusWrite 85.4 60% 81.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 167% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Value DDR3 1600 C11 2x8GB 5,391 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	51.2% Above average	MC Read 19.7 MC Write 20.3 MC Mixed 16.5 54% 18.8 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 12.4 SC Mixed 11.3 32% 11.2 GB/s	Latency 86.4 46% 86.4 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 61%

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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 $133	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