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 (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	8.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140711
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	May 22 '21 at 00:29
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Memory 94.5 1-Core 130 2-Core 259 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 490 8-Core 490 66% 490 Pts	64-Core 479 30% 479 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX Predator AHCI PCIe M.2 240GB-$141 6,458 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: OC34L5TA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,152 Write 627 Mixed 491 166% 757 MB/s	4K Read 40.2 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 42 171% 62.7 MB/s	DQ Read 458 DQ Write 134 DQ Mixed 72.8 112% 221 MB/s
Poor: 84% Great: 159%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 53GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 344 277 276 276 276 276 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 468 Write 374 Mixed 408 SusWrite 288 86% 385 MB/s	4K Read 43.3 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 55.5 194% 68.7 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 240 214% 323 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 118%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 70GB free Firmware: 19.01H19 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 77 74 75 103 88 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	51.8% Above average	Read 99.7 Write 78.7 Mixed 63.3 SusWrite 80.6 59% 80.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 69%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 225GB free Firmware: 19.01H19 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 61 61 61 71 71 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	50.5% Above average	Read 111 Write 66.2 Mixed 68 SusWrite 64.7 57% 77.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB 12,350 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1632 MHz Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	61.4% Good	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 22.6 MC Mixed 19.7 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 21.3 SC Mixed 18.8 53% 18.7 GB/s	Latency 58.5 68% 58.5 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 64%

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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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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	2,309x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,185x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	790x
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 $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 $273	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 $178	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