Asus Z97-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	78% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (31%). 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. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140620
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 13 '21 at 06:54
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing above expectations (81^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 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	Memory 87.8 1-Core 94.5 2-Core 194 73% 125 Pts	4-Core 366 8-Core 381 50% 374 Pts	64-Core 384 24% 384 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD340 128GB-$88 2,082 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVN263 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 113 123 123 119 84 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	78% Very good	Read 454 Write 124 Mixed 153 SusWrite 115 46% 211 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 98.6 4K Mixed 38.2 146% 55.6 MB/s	DQ Read 225 DQ Write 130 DQ Mixed 89.1 90% 148 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 84%
Adata SU630 240GB 60,212 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 155GB free Firmware: N191129a SusWrite @10s intervals: 405 401 421 418 419 382 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 172 Mixed 407 SusWrite 408 82% 367 MB/s	4K Read 44.2 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 48.4 187% 67.6 MB/s	DQ Read 124 DQ Write 297 DQ Mixed 144 129% 188 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 101%
Seagate ST3500410SV 500GB-$31 2,499 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 281GB free Firmware: CV11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 102 107 107 104 105 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	69% Good	Read 136 Write 131 Mixed 69.9 SusWrite 105 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 178% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-1600C9-4GAO 0420 F3-14900CL9-4GBXL 0420 F3-1600C9-4GAO 0420 F3-14900CL9-4GBXL 16GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1600, 1867, 1600, 1867 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	63.2% Good	MC Read 22.8 MC Write 23.4 MC Mixed 20.1 63% 22.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 21 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 69.8 57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 80%

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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 5,050 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	2,319x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,195x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	421x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	794x
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	273x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	202x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	138x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	252x
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 i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16