Asus Z97-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 80%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 66%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 91.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics87.5% 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 Drive109% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus Z97-A  (all builds)
Memory20.2 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20151111
Uptime1.9 Days
Run DateApr 04 '18 at 17:02
Run Duration119 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 46%

 PC Performing above expectations (76th 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 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
91.3% Outstanding
Memory 92
1-Core 123
2-Core 246
86% 154 Pts
4-Core 495
8-Core 663
74% 579 Pts
64-Core 664
41% 664 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 91.3%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560
EVGA(3842 4990) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1592 MHz, MLim: 1902 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.1
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
87.5% Excellent
Lighting 113
Reflection 120
Parallax 108
92% 114 fps
MRender 99.9
Gravity 105
Splatting 86
78% 97.1 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 87.5%
Great: 87%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$119
37GB free (System drive)
Firmware: PSF100C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing below expectations (21st percentile)
109% Outstanding
Read 638
Write 529
Mixed 596
131% 588 MB/s
4K Read 23.6
4K Write 105
4K Mixed 17.7
114% 48.9 MB/s
DQ Read 393
DQ Write 406
DQ Mixed 15.6
118% 272 MB/s
Poor: 95%
This bench: 109%
Great: 144%
SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 64GB-$23
20GB free, PID 5583
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
37% Below average
Read 139
Write 47.9
Mixed 59.7
88% 82.2 MB/s
4K Read 5.21
4K Write 1.69
4K Mixed 0.78
104% 2.56 MB/s
Poor: 12%
This bench: 37%
Great: 39%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Micron 8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 8JTF51264AZ-1G6E1 0118 8GBH2X04F1AA28-15 0118 8GBH2X04F1AA28-15 24GB
1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz
4096, 4096, 8192, 8192 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
49.2% Average
MC Read 17.8
MC Write 17.1
MC Mixed 13.8
46% 16.2 GB/s
SC Read 14
SC Write 18.8
SC Mixed 16.9
47% 16.6 GB/s
Latency 64.1
62% 64.1 ns
Poor: 43%
This bench: 49.2%
Great: 55%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z97-A Builds (Compare 5,016 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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