Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Speed boat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 83.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	49.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	87.5% 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	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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	4.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 12 '18 at 21:14
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690-$52 73,695 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Memory 90.3 1-Core 116 2-Core 229 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 442 8-Core 444 59% 443 Pts	64-Core 445 28% 445 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 77%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing below potential (57^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49.4% Average	Lighting 60.5 Reflection 67.6 Parallax 59.5 49% 62.5 fps	MRender 72.1 Gravity 58.6 Splatting 54.5 50% 61.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 4283 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1430 (B1) Unknown 94 94 127 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 57 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 164 (F1) Unknown 99 99 20461055436	87.5% Excellent	Read 489 Write 396 Mixed 407 96% 431 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 88.2 4K Mixed 22.2 127% 48.2 MB/s	DQ Read 32.5 DQ Write 264 DQ Mixed 92.7 88% 130 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 115%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 590GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 87 (03) Spinup time 194 168 3283 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2188 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4907 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1598 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 202 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1996 (C2) HDA temperature 120 102 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	59.7% Above average	Read 131 Write 77.3 Mixed 78.4 71% 95.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.88 4K Mixed 0.16 79% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905584-015.A00LF 2x4GB 1,033 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1664 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	60% Above average	MC Read 21.8 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 18.5 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 18.5 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 59%

Take a copy of your results How to check your in-game FPS

System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical Z97-A Builds (Compare 5,016 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	2,306x
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	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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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