Asus Z97-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 62%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 49%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 87.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics65.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive132% 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 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.
Run History
MotherboardAsus Z97-A  (all builds)
Memory13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20151111
Uptime0 Days
Run DateNov 06 '18 at 20:43
Run Duration125 Seconds
Run User ESP-User
Background CPU0%

 PC Performing above expectations (85th 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 (100th percentile)
87.5% Excellent
Memory 94.2
1-Core 115
2-Core 223
83% 144 Pts
4-Core 468
8-Core 464
62% 466 Pts
64-Core 458
28% 458 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 87.5%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-$199
CLim: 1050 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.4.1
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
65.9% Good
Lighting 85.4
Reflection 58.7
Parallax 107
70% 83.6 fps
MRender 59
Gravity 79.2
Splatting 74.5
59% 70.9 fps
Poor: 53%
This bench: 65.9%
Great: 62%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94
195GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 466 449 440 461 450 351 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
132% Outstanding
Read 486
Write 473
Mixed 374
SusWrite 436
100% 443 MB/s
4K Read 40.5
4K Write 156
4K Mixed 63.4
225% 86.7 MB/s
DQ Read 378
DQ Write 347
DQ Mixed 360
271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80%
This bench: 132%
Great: 134%
WD WD20NPVT-00Z2TT0 2TB
238GB free
Firmware: 01.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 85 82 85 85 77 MB/s
Performing below expectations (33rd percentile)
43.9% Average
Read 69.7
Write 69.6
Mixed 36.6
SusWrite 82.9
47% 64.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.7
139% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 29%
This bench: 43.9%
Great: 61%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2020 MHz
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
78% Very good
MC Read 28.4
MC Write 29.1
MC Mixed 25.4
79% 27.6 GB/s
SC Read 19.9
SC Write 22.1
SC Mixed 25.4
64% 22.5 GB/s
Latency 59.2
68% 59.2 ns
Poor: 31%
This bench: 78%
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 5,033 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
The Best.
CPUGPUSSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254Nvidia RTX 4060 $300Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163Nvidia RTX 4070 $539Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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