Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 80.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	79.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	63.5% 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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 17 '21 at 05:24
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Memory 89.5 1-Core 111 2-Core 210 79% 137 Pts	4-Core 383 8-Core 570 59% 476 Pts	64-Core 557 34% 557 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.11 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.9% Very good	Lighting 98.8 Reflection 109 Parallax 99.1 80% 102 fps	MRender 94.3 Gravity 95.6 Splatting 97.2 78% 95.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Vaseky V800/256G 256GB 190 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0712B0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 343 24 37 53 44 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	63.5% Good	Read 501 Write 417 Mixed 24.2 SusWrite 94.3 57% 259 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 34.3 4K Mixed 32.6 105% 32.1 MB/s	DQ Read 194 DQ Write 25.9 DQ Mixed 22.3 39% 80.8 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 88%
Patriot P300 256GB 1,221 User benchmarks, average bench 147% 138GB free Firmware: S1111H0L SusWrite @10s intervals: 357 144 68 118 71 100 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 704 Write 596 Mixed 542 SusWrite 143 111% 496 MB/s	4K Read 45.7 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 23.6 173% 69.3 MB/s	DQ Read 240 DQ Write 497 DQ Mixed 256 227% 331 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 185%
WD My Passport 260D 4TB 2,403 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1.5TB free, PID 260d Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 84 82 84 84 82 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	45.9% Average	Read 69 Write 86.6 Mixed 62 SusWrite 83.3 105% 75.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 5.7 4K Mixed 0.8 224% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 64%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1866 CL10 Series 2x8GB 7,244 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	33.1% Below average	MC Read 11 MC Write 10.9 MC Mixed 9.5 30% 10.5 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 11.3 SC Mixed 10.9 31% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 68%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	8	7	60	23"	1280 720	ACR01A6 Acer S231HL

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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	2,310x
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