Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 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 84.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	16.8% 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	62.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	7.8 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 10 '21 at 02:07
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Memory 89.9 1-Core 122 2-Core 246 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 463 8-Core 445 61% 454 Pts	64-Core 445 28% 445 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% Asus(1043 84BB) CLim: 1346 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 461.72 Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	16.8% Very poor	Lighting 20.6 Reflection 17.9 Parallax 20.2 17% 19.6 fps	MRender 24.6 Gravity 22.3 Splatting 16.4 17% 21.1 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 16.8% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSD Pro 2500 Series 120GB-$99 260 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: TG20 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 90 107 87 103 101 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	62.4% Good	Read 367 Write 115 Mixed 152 SusWrite 96.7 40% 183 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 91.6 4K Mixed 27.5 120% 47.7 MB/s	DQ Read 131 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 79.2 72% 110 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 72%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 10GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 452 Write 427 Mixed 390 94% 423 MB/s	4K Read 40.8 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 60.6 197% 70.3 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 358 266% 353 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
SABRENT 1TB 2,168 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 422GB free Firmware: 0204 SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 13 13 13 13 13 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	14.1% Very poor	Read 35.4 Write 32.4 Mixed 28.5 SusWrite 13.2 20% 27.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 147% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 14.1% Great: 87%
WD Elements 25A2 1TB 31,808 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 47GB free, PID 25a2 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 13 12 13 13 13 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	14.1% Very poor	Read 36.9 Write 34.6 Mixed 28.6 SusWrite 12.7 37% 28.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 94% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 14.1% Great: 63%
Samsung M3 Portable 1TB 17,632 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 221GB free, PID 61b6 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 13 13 13 13 13 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	13.6% Very poor	Read 38.1 Write 25.9 Mixed 30.2 SusWrite 12.5 34% 26.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 87% 1 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 13.6% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G KHX1600C10D3/4G KHX1600C10D3/4G 12GB 63 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	35.9% Below average	MC Read 10.8 MC Write 11.5 MC Mixed 12.3 33% 11.5 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 11 SC Mixed 14.2 33% 11.4 GB/s	Latency 67.3 59% 67.3 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.9% Great: 59%

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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	1,185x
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 $300	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