Asus Z97-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 84.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	27.7% 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)
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (57%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

24 months ago, 24 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	20.2 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140529
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	May 04 '22 at 02:41
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	57%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.5% Excellent	Memory 93.8 1-Core 110 2-Core 222 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 437 8-Core 426 58% 431 Pts	64-Core 438 27% 438 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 84.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% MSI(1462 2825) 2GB CLim: 1241 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 456.71 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	27.7% Poor	Lighting 31.3 Reflection 36.1 Parallax 44.5 26% 37.3 fps	MRender 51.8 Gravity 30 Splatting 36.7 32% 39.5 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 27.7% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD220 240GB-$35 12,548 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0624AA Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 428 Write 407 Mixed 373 90% 403 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 90.5 4K Mixed 45.3 148% 54.6 MB/s	DQ Read 286 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 242 202% 288 MB/s
Poor: 40% Great: 93%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 440GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 168 169 169 166 169 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	96.6% Outstanding	Read 169 Write 136 Mixed 89.5 SusWrite 168 103% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 178% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-2400C11-8GXM 0420 F3-2400C11-4GXM 0420 F3-2400C11-8GXM 0420 F3-2400C11-4GXM 24GB 26 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	MC Read 33.7 MC Write 34.2 MC Mixed 29.5 93% 32.5 GB/s	SC Read 21.9 SC Write 21.2 SC Mixed 27.5 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 60.3 66% 60.3 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 89%

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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 5,027 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	2,312x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,188x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	792x
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	250x
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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	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