Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 80.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	21.4% 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	161% 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	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

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 24 '21 at 12:02
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (57^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)	80.5% Excellent	Memory 93.1 1-Core 97.6 2-Core 194 75% 128 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 385 52% 390 Pts	64-Core 394 24% 394 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-Ti-$410 30,815 User benchmarks, average bench 53% EVGA(3842 2884) 3GB CLim: 1333 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 472.12 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	21.4% Poor	Lighting 21 Reflection 21.6 Parallax 23.9 17% 22.2 fps	MRender 19.5 Gravity 54.4 Splatting 34.2 30% 36 fps
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 21.4% Great: 59%

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% 169GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 450 553 540 536 525 514 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	161% Outstanding	Read 634 Write 526 Mixed 581 SusWrite 520 127% 565 MB/s	4K Read 54.4 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 72.8 230% 76.9 MB/s	DQ Read 779 DQ Write 626 DQ Mixed 1,079 705% 828 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 161% Great: 355%
Kingston SHFR200240G 240GB 2,078 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 104GB free Firmware: 000056R8 SusWrite @10s intervals: 225 124 139 111 113 116 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Read 472 Write 396 Mixed 324 SusWrite 138 74% 332 MB/s	4K Read 38.4 4K Write 90 4K Mixed 47.5 167% 58.6 MB/s	DQ Read 317 DQ Write 275 DQ Mixed 174 164% 255 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 96%
Seagate ST32000646NS 2TB 787 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 1TB free Firmware: G009 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 119 120 121 120 120 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	71.9% Very good	Read 131 Write 127 Mixed 69.4 SusWrite 120 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 195% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 87%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$30 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 235GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 121 113 115 117 131 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	72% Very good	Read 132 Write 120 Mixed 28.1 SusWrite 119 72% 99.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 146% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-UD3-2400 2x8GB 441 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 2400 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (78^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	78.8% Very good	MC Read 29.3 MC Write 30.2 MC Mixed 26 81% 28.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 23.9 59% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 87%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	74	45	60	21.5"	1920 1080	SAM0686 SMEX2220

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Typical Z97-A Builds (Compare 5,012 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	2,303x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,183x
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	201x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	136x

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 $275	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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