Asus Z97-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 81%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 63%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith 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 78.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics107% 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.
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.
Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus Z97-A  (all builds)
Memory11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20150818
Uptime2.4 Days
Run DateJul 23 '17 at 22:45
Run Duration137 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 14%

 PC Performing below expectations (36th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
78.8% Very good
Memory 90.2
1-Core 104
2-Core 212
78% 135 Pts
4-Core 385
8-Core 420
53% 403 Pts
64-Core 421
26% 421 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 78.8%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 382.5
Performing below potential (4th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
107% Outstanding
Lighting 129
Reflection 179
Parallax 180
105% 163 fps
MRender 126
Gravity 176
Splatting 123
115% 142 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 107%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48
246GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (18th percentile)
66.2% Good
Read 107
Write 124
Mixed 111
86% 114 MB/s
4K Read 0.12
4K Write 0.53
4K Mixed 0.11
27% 0.25 MB/s
Poor: 50%
This bench: 66.2%
Great: 108%
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB-$102
3GB free
Firmware: 3.CH Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (15th percentile)
25.9% Poor
Read 46.1
Write 43.8
Mixed 45.3
34% 45 MB/s
4K Read 0.47
4K Write 1.63
4K Mixed 0.27
80% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 22%
This bench: 25.9%
Great: 43%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing as expected (55th percentile)
57.6% Above average
MC Read 21.1
MC Write 22.2
MC Mixed 17.9
58% 20.4 GB/s
SC Read 15.4
SC Write 14.5
SC Mixed 15
43% 15 GB/s
Latency 66.9
60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 39%
This bench: 57.6%
Great: 63%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z97-A Builds (Compare 5,022 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 36%
Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus Z97-A - $150

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Above average Total price: $798
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HDDRAMUSB
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