Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	50.4% 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	236% 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	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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 04 '19 at 18:55
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.7% Very good	Memory 95.4 1-Core 101 2-Core 196 77% 131 Pts	4-Core 371 8-Core 379 50% 375 Pts	64-Core 370 23% 370 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-3GB-$119 627,793 User benchmarks, average bench 52% MSI(1462 3287) CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 436.15 Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	50.4% Above average	Lighting 60.6 Reflection 61 Parallax 52.4 49% 58 fps	MRender 65 Gravity 63.4 Splatting 64.2 52% 64.2 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 56%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme ADATA SX8200PNP 256GB 1,186 User benchmarks, average bench 206% 171GB free (System drive) Firmware: SS0328D Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 285 320 985 279 227 239 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	236% Outstanding	Read 2137 Write 1,099 Mixed 122 SusWrite 389 204% 937 MB/s	4K Read 58.3 4K Write 156 4K Mixed 84.5 279% 99.7 MB/s	DQ Read 837 DQ Write 925 DQ Mixed 488 476% 750 MB/s
Poor: 140% ↑ This bench: 236% Great: 255%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HX318C10F/8 2x8GB 517 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	72.3% Very good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 26.9 MC Mixed 23.6 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 22.4 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 56 71% 56 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 69%

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

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Typical Z97-A Builds (Compare 5,012 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus Z97-A - $150

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,303x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,183x
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	201x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	136x

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 $275	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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