Asus Z97-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 80.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	97.8% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	9.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150212
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	May 07 '21 at 11:35
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Memory 89.2 1-Core 96.3 2-Core 229 78% 138 Pts	4-Core 386 8-Core 612 61% 499 Pts	64-Core 611 38% 611 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Asus(1043 870D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.27 Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	97.8% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 106 Parallax 120 96% 114 fps	MRender 176 Gravity 108 Splatting 101 101% 128 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 626GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 106 120 150 172 164 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 184 Mixed 80.2 SusWrite 126 106% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 114%
Seagate ST1000DM 010-2EP102 1TB 10,780 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 50GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 167 156 151 144 103 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 193 Mixed 81 SusWrite 148 111% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 154% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 114%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 12,078 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 9GB free, PID 0900 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 130 130 135 112 120 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	67.4% Good	Read 143 Write 143 Mixed 50.7 SusWrite 127 152% 116 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 6.1 4K Mixed 0.6 233% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905584-023.A00LF KHX1600C9D3/4GX 9905584-023.A00LF KHX1600C9D3/4GX 16GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	54.2% Above average	MC Read 19.5 MC Write 20.1 MC Mixed 16.1 53% 18.6 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 19.5 SC Mixed 16.9 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 68.2 59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 58%

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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 5,051 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	2,320x
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 $90Bench 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 i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16