Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.91% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	92.4% 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	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

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

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150424
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 16 '21 at 11:30
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (79^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Memory 93.4 1-Core 128 2-Core 248 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 466 61% 457 Pts	64-Core 461 28% 461 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon R9 255 591 User benchmarks, average bench 8% Asus(1043 8620) 2GB CLim: 800 MHz, MLim: 900 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 20.12.1 Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	7.91% Terrible	Lighting 9.8 Reflection 13 Parallax 14.8 8% 12.5 fps	MRender 8.5 Gravity 11 Splatting 9 8% 9.5 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 7.91% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 250GB-$134 26,364 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 293 203 127 180 282 206 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Read 467 Write 455 Mixed 342 SusWrite 215 83% 370 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 43.4 164% 63.7 MB/s	DQ Read 172 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 155 138% 203 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 113%
WD Green 240GB (2018)-$54 156,194 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 86GB free Firmware: UF450000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 277 4 10 67 124 110 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	52.5% Above average	Read 456 Write 362 Mixed 227 SusWrite 98.7 64% 286 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 44.3 4K Mixed 19.3 79% 28 MB/s	DQ Read 116 DQ Write 71 DQ Mixed 29.4 39% 72.2 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 55%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 44,086 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	64.4% Good	MC Read 22.5 MC Write 23.5 MC Mixed 20.1 63% 22 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 19.9 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 61.2 65% 61.2 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 64.4% 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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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	2,310x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,186x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	791x
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 $94Bench 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 $273	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 $45	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