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 (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 80.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
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	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	1.7 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140930
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 15 '17 at 00:53
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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)	80.1% Excellent	Memory 91 1-Core 102 2-Core 199 76% 131 Pts	4-Core 401 8-Core 400 54% 401 Pts	64-Core 409 25% 409 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZVLV128HCGR-00000 128GB 1,135 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 119GB free Firmware: BXV7000Q Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Read 691 Write 152 Mixed 234 78% 359 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 19.5 121% 50.8 MB/s	DQ Read 396 DQ Write 154 DQ Mixed 87.7 114% 212 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 111%
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 112GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 13 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 63 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 2 (F1) Unknown 99 99 16966193	101% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 396 Mixed 413 97% 434 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 87.5 4K Mixed 39.8 145% 53 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 285 DQ Mixed 116 133% 227 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 115%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 451GB free (System drive) Firmware: 19.01H19 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 137 137 4125 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 71 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3013 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 70 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 16 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 62 (C2) HDA temperature 106 106 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	68.7% Good	Read 129 Write 111 Mixed 119 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.39 100% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5773SB0-CK0 2x2GB 643 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 2 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	57.2% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 17.6 57% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 16.6 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 65.7 61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 60%

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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 5,021 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	2,309x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,185x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	790x
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 $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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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