Asus Z97-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 80%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 97%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 69%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics84.2% 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 Drive75% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
MotherboardAsus Z97-A  (all builds)
Memory12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20151111
Uptime0.3 Days
Run DateNov 28 '17 at 23:00
Run Duration130 Seconds
Run User SWE-User
Background CPU4%
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 PC Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
91.9% Outstanding
Memory 97.1
1-Core 136
2-Core 272
94% 169 Pts
4-Core 467
8-Core 722
73% 594 Pts
64-Core 721
45% 721 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 91.9%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2040 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.31
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
84.2% Excellent
Lighting 105
Reflection 120
Parallax 101
86% 109 fps
MRender 99
Gravity 99.7
Splatting 100
82% 99.6 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 84.2%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 500GB
276GB free
Firmware: 1.0.
Performing above expectations (69th percentile)
177% Outstanding
Read 996
Write 971
Mixed 982
220% 983 MB/s
4K Read 48.7
4K Write 122
4K Mixed 59
214% 76.7 MB/s
DQ Read 48.7
DQ Write 473
DQ Mixed 186
166% 236 MB/s
Poor: 82%
This bench: 177%
Great: 313%
Corsair Force GS 128GB-$150
60GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 5.24 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (50th percentile)
75% Very good
Read 472
Write 218
Mixed 239
68% 310 MB/s
4K Read 35.5
4K Write 113
4K Mixed 15.5
133% 54.6 MB/s
DQ Read 35.7
DQ Write 183
DQ Mixed 13.6
39% 77.5 MB/s
Poor: 58%
This bench: 75%
Great: 86%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB
1TB free
Firmware: 1.0.
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
228% Outstanding
Read 498
Write 295
Mixed 240
256% 344 MB/s
4K Read 4.02
4K Write 4.32
4K Mixed 0.34
285% 2.89 MB/s
Poor: 75%
This bench: 228%
Great: 213%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 1400 MHz clocked @ 2000 MHz
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
73.2% Very good
MC Read 26.1
MC Write 27.1
MC Mixed 22.9
72% 25.4 GB/s
SC Read 15
SC Write 24.7
SC Mixed 23.8
60% 21.2 GB/s
Latency 50.1
80% 50.1 ns
Poor: 31%
This bench: 73.2%
Great: 71%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z97-A Builds (Compare 5,014 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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