Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 81.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	81.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	102% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 20 '21 at 19:26
Run Duration	209 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	15%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Memory 92.7 1-Core 127 2-Core 256 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 486 57% 441 Pts	64-Core 503 31% 503 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gainward(10B0 1B81) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 465.89 Performing below potential (69^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	81.4% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 109 Parallax 100 82% 103 fps	MRender 91.9 Gravity 102 Splatting 98.5 80% 97.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 258 40 38 29 30 34 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 481 Mixed 364 SusWrite 71.5 79% 354 MB/s	4K Read 44.3 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 58.7 199% 69.9 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 234 210% 318 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 118%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 44GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 269 433 454 405 298 221 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 487 Mixed 413 SusWrite 347 98% 436 MB/s	4K Read 48.9 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 67 228% 81.3 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 134%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 185GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 269 432 458 473 482 337 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 486 Mixed 457 SusWrite 409 105% 466 MB/s	4K Read 45.4 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 63.2 217% 78.6 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 258 DQ Mixed 360 258% 334 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 129%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 22GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 69 80 61 81 66 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	48% Average	Read 96.4 Write 89.9 Mixed 56.4 SusWrite 70.6 58% 78.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 126% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 59%
Intenso Ultra Line 32GB 53 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 29GB free, PID 6300 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.8 7.2 7.2 7.2 7.2 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	11.3% Very poor	Read 36.6 Write 0.2 Mixed 5 SusWrite 7.7 11% 12.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 1.4 97% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 11.3% Great: 27%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 19,522 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1632 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	63.3% Good	MC Read 22.1 MC Write 23.3 MC Mixed 20.1 62% 21.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 19.8 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 62.8 64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 63%

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

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Typical Z97-A Builds (Compare 5,022 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	2,310x
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	791x
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 $94Bench 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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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