Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 49% Yacht	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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 relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 40.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	40.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	49.6% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 12 '18 at 11:47
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	40%

PC Performing below expectations (36^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, turbo 1.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	40.9% Average	Memory 60.3 1-Core 22.4 2-Core 40.6 30% 41.1 Pts	4-Core 117 8-Core 276 22% 197 Pts	64-Core 631 39% 631 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-Ti-$410 30,815 User benchmarks, average bench 53% EVGA(3842 3888) 3GB CLim: 1398 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 397.64 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	40.7% Average	Lighting 39.2 Reflection 65.2 Parallax 97.5 32% 67.3 fps	MRender 81.6 Gravity 83.5 Splatting 53.6 58% 72.9 fps
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 59%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 221 190 176 168 141 131 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	49.6% Average	Read 330 Write 258 Mixed 258 SusWrite 171 57% 254 MB/s	4K Read 12.3 4K Write 25.7 4K Mixed 14.5 51% 17.5 MB/s	DQ Read 255 DQ Write 207 DQ Mixed 169 143% 210 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 91%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E380 500GB 64,410 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 458GB free Firmware: GG2OACY0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 103 Write 95.5 Mixed 23.2 54% 74 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.3 62% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 17% Great: 58%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$88 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 282GB free Firmware: CC1H SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 108 108 110 109 109 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	61.9% Good	Read 107 Write 109 Mixed 57.7 SusWrite 108 70% 95.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 172% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda 8TB (2017)-$87 42,465 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 6TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 171 170 172 170 169 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Read 122 Write 154 Mixed 72.2 SusWrite 169 94% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 0.7 197% 2 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 9,944 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1867 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.4% Average	MC Read 15.8 MC Write 17.9 MC Mixed 15.5 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 8.4 SC Write 4.3 SC Mixed 6.7 18% 6.47 GB/s	Latency 127 32% 127 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 70%

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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%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-A - $150

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,309x
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	790x
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 $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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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