Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (25th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 75 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	72.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	56.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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 (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 19 '18 at 08:27
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	46%

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PC Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	70.3% Very good	Memory 81.1 1-Core 102 2-Core 228 76% 137 Pts	4-Core 330 8-Core 421 48% 375 Pts	64-Core 622 38% 622 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	72.2% Very good	Lighting 116 Reflection 122 Parallax 4 95% 80.7 fps	MRender 3.71 Gravity 106 Splatting 3.39 28% 37.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT08B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 25 15 16 114 59 MB/s Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	56.4% Above average	Read 188 Write 110 Mixed 122 SusWrite 59.5 27% 120 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 90.7 4K Mixed 21.1 120% 47.1 MB/s	DQ Read 328 DQ Write 124 DQ Mixed 49.3 83% 167 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 73%
Crucial MX500 500GB-$46 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 384GB free Firmware: M3CR020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 293 48 15 16 415 234 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 470 Mixed 436 SusWrite 170 89% 397 MB/s	4K Read 38.7 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 59.3 192% 69.1 MB/s	DQ Read 315 DQ Write 293 DQ Mixed 264 209% 291 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 125%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.4% Average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 15.7 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 11.4 SC Write 18.5 SC Mixed 13.9 42% 14.6 GB/s	Latency 78.5 51% 78.5 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 85%

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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%

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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	2,306x
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	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 $279	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 $182	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) $30	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