Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 83.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	28.3% 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	60.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150424
Uptime	2.7 Days
Run Date	Feb 13 '21 at 14:59
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Memory 90.8 1-Core 112 2-Core 175 76% 126 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 439 59% 441 Pts	64-Core 443 27% 443 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% MSI(1462 3030) 2GB CLim: 1080 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 20.10.35.02 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	28.3% Poor	Lighting 36.9 Reflection 37 Parallax 46.9 30% 40.3 fps	MRender 32.5 Gravity 34.2 Splatting 26.5 25% 31.1 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 28.3% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Savage 240GB-$120 39,518 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM00.r SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 121 91 100 76 102 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	60.5% Good	Read 338 Write 289 Mixed 245 SusWrite 109 55% 245 MB/s	4K Read 12.8 4K Write 37.9 4K Mixed 30.3 78% 27 MB/s	DQ Read 350 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 0 92% 224 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 111%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 217GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 114 118 113 117 116 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	52.2% Above average	Read 69.7 Write 35.5 Mixed 67.8 SusWrite 112 53% 71.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 217% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 75%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 202GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 121 122 118 117 122 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	69.7% Good	Read 126 Write 43 Mixed 65.9 SusWrite 116 65% 87.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.3 224% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$62 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 180 182 182 181 182 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	99.8% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 133 Mixed 84.7 SusWrite 179 104% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 19,522 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	61.3% Good	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 22.6 MC Mixed 20.3 62% 21.6 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 16.3 SC Mixed 18.6 48% 17 GB/s	Latency 66.1 61% 66.1 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 63%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-A - $150

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,317x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,194x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	794x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	342x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	309x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	273x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	202x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	138x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	251x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	152x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16