Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	0.92% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	51.4% 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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1266 x 712 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140620
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Dec 08 '21 at 03:44
Run Duration	214 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Memory 92.7 1-Core 105 2-Core 206 78% 134 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 399 55% 408 Pts	64-Core 22.1 1% 22.1 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 210 98,254 User benchmarks, average bench 1% EVGA(3842 1312) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.01 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	0.92% Terrible	Lighting 1 Reflection 0.6 Parallax 0.3 1% 0.63 fps	MRender 2.2 Gravity 0.4 Splatting 1.5 1% 1.37 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 0.92% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 240GB 38,401 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 166GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 269 185 81 78 75 82 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	51.4% Above average	Read 405 Write 252 Mixed 290 SusWrite 128 60% 269 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 18.1 4K Mixed 18.2 76% 21.7 MB/s	DQ Read 174 DQ Write 18.6 DQ Mixed 31.7 40% 74.9 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 95%
Vaseky V800/120G 120GB 655 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 26GB free Firmware: V6021c34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 192 250 190 187 138 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	71.1% Very good	Read 428 Write 132 Mixed 179 SusWrite 182 51% 230 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 79.1 4K Mixed 33.6 121% 45.5 MB/s	DQ Read 120 DQ Write 123 DQ Mixed 120 90% 121 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 80%
Crucial P2 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$44 6,626 User benchmarks, average bench 171% 182GB free Firmware: P2CR Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 678 659 659 639 624 639 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Read 69.8 Write 163 Mixed 72.7 SusWrite 650 55% 239 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 80.5 4K Mixed 31.7 125% 46.6 MB/s	DQ Read 354 DQ Write 82.3 DQ Mixed 134 120% 190 MB/s
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 228%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 24,592 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	MC Read 32.4 MC Write 32.8 MC Mixed 27 88% 30.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 18.5 SC Mixed 15.6 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 62.7 64% 62.7 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 88%

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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%

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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