Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	37.2% 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	15.8% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	20.5 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140930
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 10 '19 at 05:23
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	74.8% Very good	Memory 85.4 1-Core 111 2-Core 214 78% 137 Pts	4-Core 352 8-Core 479 52% 415 Pts	64-Core 563 35% 563 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Asus(1043 3006) 3GB CLim: 1070 MHz, MLim: 1600 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 19.3.2 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	37.2% Below average	Lighting 48.2 Reflection 30.1 Parallax 61.1 39% 46.5 fps	MRender 29.2 Gravity 52.9 Splatting 38.6 33% 40.2 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 37.2% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Mushkin Triactor 480GB-$150 1,840 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: O1126A SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 23 22 30 30 30 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	15.8% Very poor	Read 216 Write 219 Mixed 207 SusWrite 31.5 38% 168 MB/s	4K Read 5.1 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 5 17% 5 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 15.8% Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 255GB free Firmware: CC62 SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 23 22 30 30 30 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	22.3% Poor	Read 47.5 Write 70.8 Mixed 39 SusWrite 29.9 35% 46.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.3 87% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 22.3% Great: 114%
Seagate Ultra Slim PL 2TB 57 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 1TB free, PID ab2e Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 23 22 30 30 30 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	10.6% Very poor	Read 25 Write 26 Mixed 26.3 SusWrite 26.2 36% 25.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.2 21% 0.27 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 10.6% Great: 52%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1.5TB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 22 22 30 30 30 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	11.4% Very poor	Read 29.5 Write 30.2 Mixed 28.8 SusWrite 26 39% 28.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.3 27% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 11.4% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL10-8GBXL 1315 BLS4G3D1339DS1S00. 0420 F3-12800CL10-8GBXL 1315 BLS4G3D1339DS1S00. 24GB 1600, 1333, 1600, 1333 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	57.9% Above average	MC Read 21 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 18.1 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 18.2 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 71.7 56% 71.7 ns

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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	2,310x
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