Asus Z97-A

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 8 expert reviews

Excellent:

4
Good:

4
Average:

0
Bad:

0

8.8

User Score

Based on 450 reviews
as rated by users

Pros:

Overall layout
Clean layout.
Nice BIOS upgrade.

Cons:

Brown PCB.
Accessory package is lacking.

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Last revision on April 24, 2016

Reviewers Liked

Overall layout
Clean layout
Nice BIOS upgrade
SATA Express support
Thoughtful mix of features

Reviewers Didn't Like

Brown PCB
Accessory package is lacking
PCIe lane usage could be an issue

Expert reviews and ratings

There's a physical power button on the board, which is always welcome in our books. The expandability is rather decent too, with three full length PCI-E slots available. As usual bandwidth is limited here; occupy slot one and it'll run at 3.0 x16....

By APC Magazine on October 02, 2014

Now that several months have passed since the launch of Intel's latest platform, BIOSes have matured greatly, which had many users take the plunge with Z97. Unfortunately, not all of us can afford to be those first adopters, so value for our money is a...

By techPowerUp! on September 17, 2014

I think the biggest thing that surprised me about the Z97-A is how ASUS has brought many of the features that we have seen in the higher-end boards over the years down to their entry-level board. It is great to see this and it brings so many great...

By ThinkComputers on May 15, 2014

As always when we're looking at a new range of hardware there is a awkward early period where the amount of available comparisons is extremely limited. Reviewing things in a vacuum is difficult for both us as your favourite hardware review site, and...

By Overclock3D on May 11, 2014

100

A good value Z97-based board with a great automatic overclocking...

By Expert Reviews on May 11, 2014

We review a USB 3.1 motherboard from ASUS alongside a Samsung 840 EVO RAID SSD based storage unit that is USB 3.1 compatible. Recently we have tested USB 3.0 SSDs from Samsung (the T1) and that performance was amazing at roughly 400 MB/s. With USB 3.1...

By Guru of 3D on February 25, 2015

ASUS was founded in 1989 by four former Acer Inc. employees. Today it has grown to an astounding 21,000 employees worldwide and is now a multi-billion dollar corporation and is the fifth largest PC vendor as of 2013. ASUS began by designing and building...

By HardOCP on August 21, 2014

Over the years, ASUS has refined its product stack to include the ROG line for the gamer and hardcore enthusiast, the TUF series for those that want the utmost in reliability over the long term, the WS series for the professional, and last but not least,...

By Overclockers Club on August 14, 2014

As we mentioned the Asus Z97-A is a good board with the right hardware dropped in. You can get some very solid overclocking out of it as well as good gaming performance. The Z97-A would also fit well in an entry level system considering its price. We are...

By decryptedtech.com on July 06, 2014

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