Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 45% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 65.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	86% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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 (48%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	5 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Mar 24 '20 at 08:02
Run Duration	207 Seconds
Run User	DZA-User
Background CPU	48%

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$51 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	65.2% Good	Memory 79.3 1-Core 98.3 2-Core 189 70% 122 Pts	4-Core 290 8-Core 330 40% 310 Pts	64-Core 352 22% 352 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Gigabyte(1458 3794) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.74 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	86% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 112 Parallax 88.8 86% 102 fps	MRender 94.7 Gravity 119 Splatting 99.7 85% 104 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SX6000LNP 128GB 6,890 User benchmarks, average bench 142% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: V9001c01 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 694 Write 524 Mixed 474 125% 564 MB/s	4K Read 40.3 4K Write 93.4 4K Mixed 47.2 171% 60.3 MB/s	DQ Read 254 DQ Write 408 DQ Mixed 301 237% 321 MB/s
Poor: 62% Great: 197%
Avexir E100 SERIES - 240GB 229 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 60GB free Firmware: O1015A SusWrite @10s intervals: 287 82 83 82 83 82 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	73.4% Very good	Read 449 Write 400 Mixed 131 SusWrite 117 61% 274 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 83.4 4K Mixed 31.1 125% 47.2 MB/s	DQ Read 146 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 112 118% 190 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 107%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$49 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3TB free Firmware: CC54 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 167 163 169 167 161 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Read 157 Write 129 Mixed 78.8 SusWrite 165 97% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 127% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$49 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 336GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 203 197 202 205 198 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 200 Write 140 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 200 114% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$24 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 931GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 164 154 168 179 160 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Read 131 Write 153 Mixed 69 SusWrite 163 94% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 112%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$34 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 98GB free Firmware: AX101U SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 64 59 63 64 61 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	38.3% Below average	Read 71.3 Write 86.3 Mixed 31.5 SusWrite 62 46% 62.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 124% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 62%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 8GB 30,139 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 2GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.4 6.5 6.9 7 6.6 7 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	13.2% Very poor	Read 29.5 Write 5.2 Mixed 6.8 SusWrite 6.7 12% 12.1 MB/s	4K Read 8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 2.3 169% 4.03 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 13.2% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3 1600 2OZ Hynix HMT425U6AFR6C-PB 0420 DDR3 1600 2OZ Micron 8JTF25664AZ-1G6M1 12GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 2048, 4096, 2048 MB Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51% Above average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 20.2 MC Mixed 16.1 51% 17.9 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 17.5 SC Mixed 15.4 42% 14.7 GB/s	Latency 81.8 49% 81.8 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 61%

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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	2,338x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,204x
Core i7-4790Intel $132Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	423x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	800x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	345x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	310x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	275x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	203x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	139x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	252x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	156x
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 54%, 43,127 samples	120x

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