Asus Z97-A

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	138% 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.

Very high background CPU (54%). 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	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180418
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '19 at 06:07
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	54%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Memory 93.6 1-Core 116 2-Core 233 84% 148 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 417 58% 426 Pts	64-Core 433 27% 433 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 135GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 492 311 309 306 304 303 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	138% Outstanding	Read 620 Write 512 Mixed 371 SusWrite 338 103% 460 MB/s	4K Read 42.7 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 51.4 200% 75.4 MB/s	DQ Read 778 DQ Write 638 DQ Mixed 728 540% 715 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 138% Great: 236%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 16GB free Firmware: 608ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 141 129 117 141 134 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	79% Very good	Read 401 Write 154 Mixed 200 SusWrite 129 49% 221 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 45 159% 59.6 MB/s	DQ Read 114 DQ Write 150 DQ Mixed 88.7 79% 118 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 73%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 592GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 163 163 164 165 165 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 180 Mixed 92 SusWrite 164 115% 157 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1.1 221% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 844GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 175 173 176 176 176 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 160 Mixed 87.7 SusWrite 176 111% 152 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.2 236% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 22,320 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	61.2% Good	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 19.4 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 19.1 54% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 60.8 66% 60.8 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 63%

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

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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	2,306x
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

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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 $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