Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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. 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 69.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	104% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	67.5% 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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140711
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Feb 01 '19 at 00:57
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing below expectations (40^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	69.7% Good	Memory 79.9 1-Core 95.5 2-Core 185 69% 120 Pts	4-Core 344 8-Core 346 46% 345 Pts	64-Core 350 22% 350 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Nvidia(10DE 12AD) ≥ 4GB; CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing below potential (60^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 121 Parallax 134 107% 129 fps	MRender 168 Gravity 125 Splatting 96.4 102% 130 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX200 480GB-$160 11,290 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 205GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01.4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 324 197 74 75 75 74 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	67.5% Good	Read 457 Write 391 Mixed 364 SusWrite 136 75% 337 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 43.9 4K Mixed 32.1 106% 34.4 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 76.2 DQ Mixed 118 102% 158 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 559GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 147 144 146 147 148 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 119 Mixed 81.8 SusWrite 145 95% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 145% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 114%
Verbatim STORE N GO 16GB 7,986 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 15GB free, PID 0302 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.4 8.7 8.7 8.8 8.3 8.7 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	4.71% Terrible	Read 15 Write 6.3 Mixed 6.7 SusWrite 8.4 11% 9.1 MB/s	4K Read 3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 11% 1 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.71% Great: 9%
Samsung Flash Drive 64GB 8,748 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 35GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 33 36 37 33 35 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	31.2% Below average	Read 125 Write 32.5 Mixed 38.2 SusWrite 33.4 62% 57.3 MB/s	4K Read 3.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 2.2 143% 2.53 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 31.2% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-1600C9-8GXM 0215 CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10 16GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	24.3% Poor	MC Read 7.6 MC Write 8.1 MC Mixed 6.9 22% 7.53 GB/s	SC Read 7.1 SC Write 7.9 SC Mixed 7.8 22% 7.6 GB/s	Latency 80.7 50% 80.7 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 24.3% Great: 52%

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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	2,313x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,192x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	793x
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	272x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	202x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	138x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	250x
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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16