Asus Z97-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 72% Battleship


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 81.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	105% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 (80%). 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	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 10 '18 at 00:57
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	80%

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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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Memory 88.4 1-Core 112 2-Core 228 81% 143 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 673 66% 538 Pts	64-Core 682 42% 682 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Zotac(19DA 1426) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 144 Parallax 137 112% 140 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 132 Splatting 105 94% 115 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,153 Write 1,471 Mixed 772 322% 1,465 MB/s	4K Read 46.4 4K Write 152 4K Mixed 65.6 235% 88 MB/s	DQ Read 1,230 DQ Write 802 DQ Mixed 942 722% 991 MB/s
Poor: 159% Great: 353%
Toshiba X300 6TB-$78 5,594 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 84GB free Firmware: FS2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 103 69 54 56 61 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	62% Good	Read 139 Write 139 Mixed 55.8 SusWrite 76.5 75% 102 MB/s	4K Read 2.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.2 262% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB 8,026 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	63.2% Good	MC Read 22.9 MC Write 24.3 MC Mixed 20.7 65% 22.6 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 13.7 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 69.1 58% 69.1 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 71%

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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 $176	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