Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 45% 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 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 81.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	154% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 01 '21 at 11:55
Run Duration	198 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	11%

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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 i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Memory 96.3 1-Core 98.9 2-Core 201 77% 132 Pts	4-Core 388 8-Core 385 52% 386 Pts	64-Core 399 25% 399 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gainward(10B0 1C03) CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2202 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.72 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62.2% Good	Lighting 76.7 Reflection 81.5 Parallax 74.8 62% 77.7 fps	MRender 74.8 Gravity 77.4 Splatting 74.3 62% 75.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 203GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 293 414 348 356 356 367 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	154% Outstanding	Read 668 Write 190 Mixed 553 SusWrite 356 98% 442 MB/s	4K Read 55.3 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 74.7 237% 79.7 MB/s	DQ Read 788 DQ Write 627 DQ Mixed 1127 729% 847 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 154% Great: 355%
Kingston SHFR200240G 240GB 2,078 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 153GB free Firmware: 000056R8 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 141 130 102 139 122 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Read 459 Write 408 Mixed 353 SusWrite 135 76% 339 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 90 4K Mixed 48.2 162% 57.6 MB/s	DQ Read 330 DQ Write 204 DQ Mixed 156 146% 230 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 96%
Seagate ST32000646NS 2TB 787 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 1TB free Firmware: G009 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 137 134 136 135 135 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	73.7% Very good	Read 124 Write 125 Mixed 67.8 SusWrite 132 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 87%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 246GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 131 132 131 131 131 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	77.4% Very good	Read 141 Write 126 Mixed 23.1 SusWrite 129 75% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 107%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 337GB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 18 18 18 18 19 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 11% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x4GB 6,123 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 2400 MHz clocked @ 2448 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	90.1% Outstanding	MC Read 33.1 MC Write 35.4 MC Mixed 30.1 94% 32.9 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 26.1 62% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 52.8 76% 52.8 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 90.1% Great: 90%

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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 5,023 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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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