Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	39.2% 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	139% 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 18 '18 at 22:11
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 140 2-Core 244 92% 160 Pts	4-Core 463 8-Core 748 74% 606 Pts	64-Core 747 46% 747 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% Asus(1043 8465) 2GB CLim: 1325 MHz, MLim: 1879 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	39.2% Below average	Lighting 47.5 Reflection 43.2 Parallax 57.4 39% 49.3 fps	MRender 59.1 Gravity 53.2 Splatting 39.8 40% 50.7 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 198GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 602 590 473 303 306 304 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	139% Outstanding	Read 657 Write 589 Mixed 416 SusWrite 430 117% 523 MB/s	4K Read 40.6 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 43.2 185% 71 MB/s	DQ Read 779 DQ Write 604 DQ Mixed 627 486% 670 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 139% Great: 236%
Toshiba HG5d Q Series 128GB 2,624 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 66GB free Firmware: HTRAN101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 447 436 444 438 405 247 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 458 Write 446 Mixed 425 SusWrite 403 98% 433 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 96.8 4K Mixed 46.5 146% 55.5 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 341 254% 336 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 102%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB 48,796 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2200 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	MC Read 28.4 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 24.2 78% 27.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 25.8 SC Mixed 23.8 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 51.8 77% 51.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 63%

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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 5,064 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	2,327x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,198x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	421x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	796x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	344x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	310x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	274x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	202x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	139x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	252x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	154x
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 i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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