Asus Z97-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 70.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140930
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 31 '19 at 16:33
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing as expected (57^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 (91^st percentile)	70.2% Very good	Memory 92.1 1-Core 94.7 2-Core 165 71% 117 Pts	4-Core 272 8-Core 330 39% 301 Pts	64-Core 340 21% 340 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 72%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 112GB free Firmware: EMT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 21 21 21 21 20 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	30.4% Below average	Read 77.7 Write 57.6 Mixed 66.9 SusWrite 20.7 12% 55.7 MB/s	4K Read 21.1 4K Write 31 4K Mixed 23.6 79% 25.2 MB/s	DQ Read 28 DQ Write 36.8 DQ Mixed 30.6 24% 31.8 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 30.4% Great: 115%
Intel 760p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB-$39 1,967 User benchmarks, average bench 132% 119GB free Firmware: 001C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 145 139 139 139 208 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 660 Write 141 Mixed 563 SusWrite 161 84% 381 MB/s	4K Read 53.1 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 72.9 236% 81.3 MB/s	DQ Read 406 DQ Write 432 DQ Mixed 287 252% 375 MB/s
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 165%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 451GB free (System drive) Firmware: 19.01H19 SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 39 53 75 56 62 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	39.4% Below average	Read 83 Write 71 Mixed 21.4 SusWrite 54.3 42% 57.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.2 48% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 69%
SiI RAID 1 Set 0 500GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 465GB free Firmware: 1100 SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 20 20 20 20 20 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	30.3% Below average	Read 85 Write 50.4 Mixed 12.3 SusWrite 20 30% 41.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 159% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 30.3% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5773SB0-CK0 4x2GB 110 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	59.8% Above average	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 22.7 MC Mixed 18.1 60% 20.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 18.8 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 59.8% Great: 62%

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Typical Z97-A Builds (Compare 5,032 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	2,313x
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 $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 $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