Asus Z97-A

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	95.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	118% 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 (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-A (all builds)
Memory	7.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150212
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Aug 29 '21 at 19:16
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing as expected (50^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	68.9% Good	Memory 83.6 1-Core 116 2-Core 223 79% 141 Pts	4-Core 308 8-Core 346 43% 327 Pts	64-Core 329 20% 329 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Nvidia(10DE 119D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	95.1% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 128 Parallax 118 99% 123 fps	MRender 87.7 Gravity 121 Splatting 108 87% 106 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 95.1% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB 15,006 User benchmarks, average bench 168% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: 211210WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 262 258 220 221 221 221 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 584 Write 553 Mixed 548 SusWrite 234 108% 479 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 92.1 4K Mixed 48.4 162% 58.1 MB/s	DQ Read 666 DQ Write 678 DQ Mixed 563 453% 636 MB/s
Poor: 119% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 199%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 673GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 114 114 116 115 118 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Read 195 Write 192 Mixed 85.2 SusWrite 114 107% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 28,220 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	55.5% Above average	MC Read 19.6 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 18.9 56% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 11.5 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 15.2 42% 14.6 GB/s	Latency 74.2 54% 74.2 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 61%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	7	6	60	23"	1280 720	SAM07CA SMS23A550H

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Typical Z97-A Builds (Compare 5,022 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	1,185x
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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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