Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.49% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	72.8% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 29 '19 at 14:36
Run Duration	215 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590-$188 151,366 User benchmarks, average bench 63% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	Memory 87.8 1-Core 109 2-Core 218 79% 138 Pts	4-Core 400 8-Core 394 53% 397 Pts	64-Core 400 25% 400 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4624 Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	3.49% Terrible	Lighting 3.97 Reflection 6.69 Parallax 5.09 3% 5.25 fps	MRender 3.43 Gravity 2.33 Splatting 7.65 4% 4.47 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.49% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 172GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 293 288 294 297 277 294 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	Read 453 Write 302 Mixed 275 SusWrite 290 74% 330 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 54.8 4K Mixed 28.9 100% 35.3 MB/s	DQ Read 206 DQ Write 58.6 DQ Mixed 82.9 74% 116 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 128%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$112 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 170 176 178 159 159 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	93% Outstanding	Read 155 Write 165 Mixed 71.6 SusWrite 169 102% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 78.C1GET.ATF0C 2x8GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31.3% Below average	MC Read 11.2 MC Write 10.9 MC Mixed 8.6 29% 10.2 GB/s	SC Read 9.5 SC Write 6.4 SC Mixed 8.7 23% 8.2 GB/s	Latency 69.7 57% 69.7 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 31.3% Great: 56%

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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 5,050 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	2,319x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	1,195x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	421x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	794x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	342x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	309x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	273x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	202x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	138x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	252x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	152x
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 i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16