Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	38.2% 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	104% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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

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

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 23 '20 at 22:56
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 0.8 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	Memory 94.6 1-Core 116 2-Core 208 82% 140 Pts	4-Core 347 8-Core 643 59% 495 Pts	64-Core 641 40% 641 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% MSI(1462 2775) 3GB CLim: 1020 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 20.4.2 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	38.2% Below average	Lighting 49.7 Reflection 33 Parallax 62.3 40% 48.3 fps	MRender 31.6 Gravity 51 Splatting 40.4 34% 41 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 38.2% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 295 128 114 131 135 134 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 431 Write 445 Mixed 388 SusWrite 156 80% 355 MB/s	4K Read 41.2 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 57.3 198% 71.7 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 363 273% 364 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 134%
TOSHIBA-TR200 240GB 36,832 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 41GB free Firmware: SBFA15.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 325 175 167 165 164 167 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	Read 469 Write 322 Mixed 355 SusWrite 194 75% 335 MB/s	4K Read 38.6 4K Write 87.6 4K Mixed 39.8 156% 55.3 MB/s	DQ Read 318 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 225 198% 294 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 90%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 28GB free Firmware: 0C3J96R9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 268 196 97 85 80 101 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Read 484 Write 453 Mixed 370 SusWrite 138 81% 361 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 40.1 155% 59 MB/s	DQ Read 327 DQ Write 286 DQ Mixed 187 173% 266 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 88%
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 931GB free Firmware: RVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 336 414 442 446 447 451 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 472 Mixed 405 SusWrite 423 101% 449 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 48.2 176% 67.3 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 360 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 121%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1941 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	70.1% Very good	MC Read 24.8 MC Write 26.4 MC Mixed 22.5 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 21.8 SC Mixed 21.6 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 58.1 69% 58.1 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 72%

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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 5,021 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	2,309x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,185x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	790x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	342x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	307x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	271x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	202x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	137x

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 $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $42	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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