Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	83.1% 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	111% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 19 '19 at 14:39
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.4% Outstanding	Memory 95.8 1-Core 133 2-Core 264 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 469 8-Core 694 72% 581 Pts	64-Core 671 42% 671 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.5063 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Nvidia(10DE 2182) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2265 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 95.6 Parallax 90.8 85% 96.7 fps	MRender 126 Gravity 92.7 Splatting 83.1 80% 100 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM05B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 435 447 405 257 426 390 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 478 Write 456 Mixed 327 SusWrite 393 93% 414 MB/s	4K Read 35.6 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 45.5 172% 64.5 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 162 171% 282 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 110%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 115GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 38 42 40 38 41 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	29.6% Poor	Read 62.5 Write 69.3 Mixed 66 SusWrite 40 44% 59.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 29.6% Great: 59%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 250GB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 37 36 35 37 37 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	20.5% Poor	Read 36.7 Write 36.5 Mixed 32 SusWrite 36.5 48% 35.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 104% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 20.5% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown DDR3L 1600G 2x4GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	62.9% Good	MC Read 22 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 19 60% 21.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 23.5 SC Mixed 20.2 58% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 54.5 73% 54.5 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 64%

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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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Typical Z97-A Builds (Compare 5,062 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	2,325x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,198x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	421x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	796x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	343x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	310x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	274x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	202x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	139x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	252x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	154x
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 i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16