Asus Z97-A

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	149% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 13 '22 at 02:10
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 91.3 1-Core 129 2-Core 257 89% 159 Pts	4-Core 437 8-Core 699 70% 568 Pts	64-Core 668 41% 668 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 180,890 User benchmarks, average bench 228% 291GB free (System drive) Firmware: 211210WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 480 459 459 451 452 312 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	149% Outstanding	Read 628 Write 565 Mixed 577 SusWrite 436 124% 551 MB/s	4K Read 46.3 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 59.4 210% 75.2 MB/s	DQ Read 777 DQ Write 684 DQ Mixed 834 597% 765 MB/s
Poor: 164% ↑ This bench: 149% Great: 276%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 999GB 64,984 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 930GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 73 56 81 80 73 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	50% Average	Read 102 Write 46.9 Mixed 5 SusWrite 72.3 40% 56.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.1 38% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 110%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 1.5TB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 1TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 100 105 106 106 104 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	59.9% Above average	Read 105 Write 104 Mixed 66.1 SusWrite 103 70% 94.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.1 196% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 43,127 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	59.2% Above average	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 18.2 58% 20.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 16.7 SC Mixed 19.8 51% 18 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 59.2% 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 5,033 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	2,313x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,193x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	793x
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	272x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	202x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	138x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	250x
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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16