Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 76.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	92.4% 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	132% 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Jun 18 '20 at 18:03
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	76.9% Very good	Memory 92.9 1-Core 121 2-Core 236 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 338 8-Core 436 49% 387 Pts	64-Core 464 29% 464 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% Sapphire(1DA2 E37F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1630 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.4.2 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Lighting 113 Reflection 89.2 Parallax 156 92% 119 fps	MRender 88.7 Gravity 122 Splatting 127 94% 112 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 760p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$33 20,095 User benchmarks, average bench 190% 138GB free (System drive) Firmware: 004C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 426 285 284 196 285 288 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	Read 612 Write 534 Mixed 359 SusWrite 294 100% 450 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 75.6 212% 79.9 MB/s	DQ Read 762 DQ Write 216 DQ Mixed 222 233% 400 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 244%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$74 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 440GB free Firmware: M3CR032 SusWrite @10s intervals: 364 390 389 389 385 350 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 453 Write 410 Mixed 374 SusWrite 378 91% 404 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 54.6 177% 64.4 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 291 238% 338 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 125%
Transcend SSD370S 128GB-$70 10,510 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 119GB free Firmware: N1126KB SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 148 148 149 149 149 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	Read 438 Write 148 Mixed 208 SusWrite 148 52% 236 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 97.3 4K Mixed 32.5 127% 50.7 MB/s	DQ Read 258 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 150 126% 186 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 466GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 128 125 129 131 131 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	95.3% Outstanding	Read 204 Write 175 Mixed 86.3 SusWrite 128 109% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 95.3% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 23,732 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	59.9% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 19.4 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 23 SC Mixed 18.1 51% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 62.3 64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 61%

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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 5,040 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	2,316x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,194x
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 $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 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16