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 (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 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 81.2%, 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	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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	6.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 07 '19 at 17:42
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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 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)	81.2% Excellent	Memory 92.6 1-Core 102 2-Core 203 77% 133 Pts	4-Core 405 8-Core 404 54% 405 Pts	64-Core 403 25% 403 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 81.2% 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. 20.19.15.4624 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 112GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 337 149 148 150 149 149 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 458 Write 447 Mixed 400 SusWrite 180 83% 371 MB/s	4K Read 42.2 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 61 205% 74.2 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 354 268% 361 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 115%
Intel 760p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB-$39 1,967 User benchmarks, average bench 132% 119GB free Firmware: 001C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 216 139 139 139 139 139 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	133% Outstanding	Read 648 Write 318 Mixed 563 SusWrite 152 94% 420 MB/s	4K Read 58.4 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 73.5 256% 90.1 MB/s	DQ Read 411 DQ Write 427 DQ Mixed 296 256% 378 MB/s
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 165%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$23 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 434GB free (System drive) Firmware: 19.01H19 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 78 73 84 115 118 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	55.8% Above average	Read 99.8 Write 110 Mixed 68.6 SusWrite 94.3 69% 93.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5773SB0-CK0 4x2GB 110 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	62.1% Good	MC Read 22.7 MC Write 23.3 MC Mixed 18.5 62% 21.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 19.9 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 62.9 64% 62.9 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 62%

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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%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus Z97-A - $150

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	2,324x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,196x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	421x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	795x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	342x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	310x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	273x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $81Bench 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	153x
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 $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $109	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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