Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 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 68.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	20.1% 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	154% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	25.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 30 '21 at 20:20
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing below expectations (31^st 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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	68.2% Good	Memory 65 1-Core 122 2-Core 225 75% 137 Pts	4-Core 415 8-Core 394 55% 404 Pts	64-Core 348 22% 348 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% EVGA(3842 3757) CLim: 1463 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 497.29 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	20.1% Poor	Lighting 25.3 Reflection 20.7 Parallax 23.5 21% 23.2 fps	MRender 27.1 Gravity 26.2 Splatting 19 19% 24.1 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 20.1% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$90 262,559 User benchmarks, average bench 251% 618GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 471 553 560 519 476 542 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	154% Outstanding	Read 574 Write 542 Mixed 587 SusWrite 520 125% 556 MB/s	4K Read 50.9 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 66.5 219% 74.8 MB/s	DQ Read 764 DQ Write 617 DQ Mixed 830 584% 737 MB/s
Poor: 149% ↑ This bench: 154% Great: 365%
WD WD6003FZBX-00K5WB0 6TB 9,527 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 3.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 138 137 137 136 138 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	71.8% Very good	Read 112 Write 91.2 Mixed 66.9 SusWrite 137 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 1.1 256% 2.37 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 138%
WD Black 6TB (2016)-$235 6,443 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 3.5TB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 195 202 198 190 203 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	89.1% Excellent	Read 112 Write 51.7 Mixed 79.7 SusWrite 197 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 6.4 4K Mixed 0.4 200% 2.57 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 121%
WD WD6002FZWX-00GBGB0 10TB 3.5TB free Firmware: 01.01H01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 238 245 250 252 238 248 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 245 Write 249 Mixed 116 SusWrite 245 156% 214 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 5.5 4K Mixed 1.8 377% 3.03 MB/s

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GB 2,895 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1632 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	38.9% Below average	MC Read 14.1 MC Write 17.5 MC Mixed 12.2 42% 14.6 GB/s	SC Read 3.1 SC Write 10.3 SC Mixed 8 20% 7.13 GB/s	Latency 114 35% 114 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 38.9% Great: 82%

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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	2,317x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,194x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	794x
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	273x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	202x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	138x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	251x
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 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16