Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	26.2% 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	58.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 16 '21 at 01:03
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Memory 95.7 1-Core 117 2-Core 231 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 434 8-Core 438 58% 436 Pts	64-Core 432 27% 432 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Gigabyte(1458 36C3) 2GB CLim: 1430 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (70^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	26.2% Poor	Lighting 32.6 Reflection 37.6 Parallax 30 27% 33.4 fps	MRender 35.7 Gravity 31.4 Splatting 27.9 26% 31.7 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 26.2% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 134GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 157 147 153 155 153 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	58.4% Above average	Read 274 Write 176 Mixed 204 SusWrite 150 45% 201 MB/s	4K Read 15 4K Write 88.2 4K Mixed 25.5 102% 42.9 MB/s	DQ Read 126 DQ Write 191 DQ Mixed 177 129% 164 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 85%
Kingston HyperX Predator AHCI PCIe M.2 240GB-$141 6,458 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 135GB free Firmware: 0C4005T2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 326 345 342 340 342 341 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Read 333 Write 343 Mixed 283 SusWrite 339 73% 325 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 79.2 4K Mixed 34.2 129% 47.3 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 110 141% 252 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 159%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x4GB 17,012 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	73.3% Very good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 26.3 MC Mixed 23.9 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 24.3 63% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 55 73% 55 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 73%

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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	2,306x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,184x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	789x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	341x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	307x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	270x
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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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