Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Raft	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	26.1% 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	113% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 11 '19 at 20:16
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Memory 89.9 1-Core 107 2-Core 207 78% 135 Pts	4-Core 411 8-Core 399 54% 405 Pts	64-Core 410 25% 410 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Nvidia(10DE 0984) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing below potential (65^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	26.1% Poor	Lighting 30.3 Reflection 28 Parallax 35.6 25% 31.3 fps	MRender 39.5 Gravity 36.8 Splatting 31.3 29% 35.9 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 26.1% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 430 281 236 200 202 192 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 476 Mixed 386 SusWrite 257 90% 403 MB/s	4K Read 44 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 58.5 197% 69 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 248 217% 323 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 126%
SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB-$139 17,545 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 6GB free Firmware: X2316RL Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 448 Write 262 Mixed 113 60% 274 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 99 4K Mixed 31 139% 53.6 MB/s	DQ Read 322 DQ Write 192 DQ Mixed 111 122% 208 MB/s
Poor: 58% Great: 99%
OCZ Agility 3 240GB-$199 10,165 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 123GB free Firmware: 2.22 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 126 127 98 131 126 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	66.4% Good	Read 124 Write 192 Mixed 176 SusWrite 120 35% 153 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 36.6 150% 59.5 MB/s	DQ Read 186 DQ Write 196 DQ Mixed 153 125% 178 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 28,220 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.8% Above average	MC Read 18.1 MC Write 19.1 MC Mixed 16.6 51% 17.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 18.9 SC Mixed 16.5 48% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 67.4 59% 67.4 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 61%

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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%

Jet ski

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 $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) $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