Asus Z97-A

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 84.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	117% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 07 '23 at 23:18
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	Memory 93.6 1-Core 113 2-Core 223 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 438 8-Core 440 59% 439 Pts	64-Core 433 27% 433 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Asus(1043 8708) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 531.41 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	117% Outstanding	Lighting 153 Reflection 150 Parallax 150 125% 151 fps	MRender 182 Gravity 132 Splatting 119 115% 144 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 123%

Drives	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate FireCuda 520LE SSD ZP1000GM30012 1TB 148 User benchmarks, average bench 349% 847GB free (System drive) Firmware: STNSC016 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 659 Write 716 Mixed 693 154% 689 MB/s	4K Read 40.6 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 61.3 195% 68.4 MB/s	DQ Read 752 DQ Write 751 DQ Mixed 1,078 720% 860 MB/s
Poor: 158% Great: 499%
Samsung HM500JI 500GB-$100 8,795 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 144GB free Firmware: 2AC101C4 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 70.8 Write 51.5 Mixed 50.5 43% 57.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 16% Great: 47%
SanDisk Ultra 16GB 2,110 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 14GB free, PID null Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete	Read 152 Write 15 Mixed 20.3 52% 62.6 MB/s	4K Read 6.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1.8 155% 3.57 MB/s
Poor: 11% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 44,086 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	63.5% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 20.4 63% 21.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 21.9 SC Mixed 19.1 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 60.8 66% 60.8 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 64%

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

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-A - $150

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,317x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,194x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	420x

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	251x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16