Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 98.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	61.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	184% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	20.3 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	May 13 '20 at 03:15
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.6% Outstanding	Memory 97.3 1-Core 99.3 2-Core 283 87% 160 Pts	4-Core 549 8-Core 717 81% 633 Pts	64-Core 714 44% 714 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 367A) CLim: 1627 MHz, MLim: 1999 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	61.5% Good	Lighting 78.3 Reflection 77.4 Parallax 69.2 64% 75 fps	MRender 80.8 Gravity 71 Splatting 61.4 57% 71.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HP EX920 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$80 8,191 User benchmarks, average bench 229% 131GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVN139B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 240 658 663 664 665 665 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	184% Outstanding	Read 728 Write 668 Mixed 669 SusWrite 593 150% 664 MB/s	4K Read 65.9 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 87.8 285% 97.1 MB/s	DQ Read 775 DQ Write 541 DQ Mixed 820 568% 712 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 184% Great: 308%
Seagate Barracuda 8TB (2017)-$87 42,465 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 4.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 146 155 158 160 157 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	67.8% Good	Read 83.5 Write 139 Mixed 68 SusWrite 152 81% 111 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 0.6 212% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-2133C9-8GXH 0420 DDR3 1600 2OZ 0420 F3-2133C9-8GXH 0420 DDR3 1600 2OZ 24GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2133, 1600, 2133, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	79% Very good	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 24.6 78% 27.3 GB/s	SC Read 21 SC Write 25.9 SC Mixed 25.2 69% 24 GB/s	Latency 49.2 81% 49.2 ns
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 79%

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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 5,032 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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	202x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 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 $163	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) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16