Asus Z97-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


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 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	94.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150212
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 07 '18 at 20:20
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	19%

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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Memory 97.5 1-Core 122 2-Core 243 88% 154 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 465 62% 465 Pts	64-Core 463 29% 463 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36B6) CLim: 1694 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 127 Parallax 115 99% 121 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 111 Splatting 100 86% 105 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 7,190 Write 6,721 Mixed 6,678 1,532% 6863 MB/s	4K Read 675 4K Write 408 4K Mixed 397 1,748% 493 MB/s	DQ Read 2,074 DQ Write 1781 DQ Mixed 1,894 1,428% 1,916 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 115%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 863GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 103 104 105 105 106 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	53.5% Above average	Read 81.7 Write 82 Mixed 58.5 SusWrite 104 60% 81.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 57%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 200GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 128 126 122 124 124 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	75% Very good	Read 136 Write 128 Mixed 71.3 SusWrite 125 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 238% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	MC Read 31.9 MC Write 33.7 MC Mixed 28.7 90% 31.4 GB/s	SC Read 20.2 SC Write 22.9 SC Mixed 25.6 65% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 48.2 83% 48.2 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 85%

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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 5,014 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	2,304x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,184x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	789x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	341x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	307x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	270x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	201x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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