Asus Z97-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 75%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 92%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 64%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 88.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics81.8% 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 Drive118% 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.
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.
MotherboardAsus Z97-A  (all builds)
Memory11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150212
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateJul 18 '18 at 08:48
Run Duration110 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU1%

 PC Performing above expectations (82nd 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 4.4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
88.1% Excellent
Memory 96.1
1-Core 128
2-Core 239
88% 154 Pts
4-Core 432
8-Core 694
69% 563 Pts
64-Core 690
43% 690 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 88.1%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560
CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.36
Performing below potential (74th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
81.8% Excellent
Lighting 104
Reflection 111
Parallax 100
85% 105 fps
MRender 91.9
Gravity 95.7
Splatting 89.6
75% 92.4 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 81.8%
Great: 87%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109
65GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT01B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 456 223 145 142 135 133 MB/s
Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)
118% Outstanding
Read 497
Write 431
Mixed 361
SusWrite 206
84% 374 MB/s
4K Read 47.2
4K Write 128
4K Mixed 65
223% 80.2 MB/s
DQ Read 374
DQ Write 339
DQ Mixed 353
266% 355 MB/s
Poor: 80%
This bench: 118%
Great: 134%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
69.6% Good
MC Read 24.9
MC Write 25.5
MC Mixed 21.7
69% 24 GB/s
SC Read 17.4
SC Write 23.5
SC Mixed 21.1
59% 20.7 GB/s
Latency 53.6
75% 53.6 ns
Poor: 29%
This bench: 69.6%
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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