Asus Z97-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 98%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 94%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 77%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics110% 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 Drive191% 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)
Memory12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150424
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMar 23 '19 at 23:34
Run Duration147 Seconds
Run User DEU-User
Background CPU2%
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 PC Performing above expectations (79th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
88.5% Excellent
Memory 94.9
1-Core 122
2-Core 244
87% 154 Pts
4-Core 476
8-Core 473
64% 474 Pts
64-Core 478
30% 478 Pts
Poor: 51%
This bench: 88.5%
Great: 79%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
Gainward(10B0 1B80) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2627 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.67
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
110% Outstanding
Lighting 146
Reflection 150
Parallax 130
119% 142 fps
MRender 120
Gravity 143
Splatting 113
102% 125 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 110%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130
922GB free
Firmware: RVT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 434 473 482 488 488 486 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
133% Outstanding
Read 511
Write 489
Mixed 451
SusWrite 475
108% 481 MB/s
4K Read 44.9
4K Write 125
4K Mixed 63.9
216% 77.9 MB/s
DQ Read 380
DQ Write 347
DQ Mixed 361
271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 81%
This bench: 133%
Great: 133%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
316GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 532 586 597 606 604 604 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
191% Outstanding
Read 750
Write 611
Mixed 637
SusWrite 588
145% 646 MB/s
4K Read 70.2
4K Write 147
4K Mixed 91.5
302% 103 MB/s
DQ Read 779
DQ Write 626
DQ Mixed 1,142
735% 849 MB/s
Poor: 178%
This bench: 191%
Great: 355%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
64.6% Good
MC Read 22.3
MC Write 23.1
MC Mixed 20.5
63% 22 GB/s
SC Read 18
SC Write 22.9
SC Mixed 21.1
59% 20.7 GB/s
Latency 57.5
70% 57.5 ns
Poor: 39%
This bench: 64.6%
Great: 64%

 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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