Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 78.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	61.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	66% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit farger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	Dec 06 '18 at 18:44
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Memory 84.7 1-Core 122 2-Core 232 82% 146 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 614 62% 502 Pts	64-Core 622 38% 622 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390X-$340 26,573 User benchmarks, average bench 54% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 1080 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.12.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	61.4% Good	Lighting 77.3 Reflection 64.3 Parallax 90.7 63% 77.4 fps	MRender 63.9 Gravity 63.1 Splatting 82.2 58% 69.7 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 57%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 120GB-$75 15,430 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 94 77 79 75 78 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	66% Good	Read 366 Write 130 Mixed 184 SusWrite 88.6 42% 192 MB/s	4K Read 20.7 4K Write 87.2 4K Mixed 34 121% 47.3 MB/s	DQ Read 258 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 151 122% 176 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 77%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 15GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 417 Write 405 Mixed 338 86% 386 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 52.1 172% 62.5 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 233 210% 318 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 68GB free Firmware: M0CR021 SusWrite @10s intervals: 434 401 431 411 364 348 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Read 368 Write 136 Mixed 143 SusWrite 398 58% 261 MB/s	4K Read 17.6 4K Write 85.3 4K Mixed 36.1 118% 46.3 MB/s	DQ Read 156 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 269 196% 249 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 95%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 183GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 86 89 89 89 89 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	52.3% Above average	Read 93.5 Write 88 Mixed 56.2 SusWrite 88.4 60% 81.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 196% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M1A1600C10 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 127 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	33.2% Below average	MC Read 10.9 MC Write 11.6 MC Mixed 9.9 31% 10.8 GB/s	SC Read 8.7 SC Write 11 SC Mixed 9.8 28% 9.83 GB/s	Latency 72.3 55% 72.3 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 33.2% Great: 63%

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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 5,023 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	2,310x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,186x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	420x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	791x
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	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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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