Asus Z97-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 71%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 55%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 84.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics81.4% 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 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus Z97-A  (all builds)
Memory13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180418
Uptime4.3 Days
Run DateJul 02 '20 at 02:43
Run Duration126 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU4%
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 PC Performing above expectations (70th 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, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
84.5% Excellent
Memory 92.6
1-Core 116
2-Core 228
83% 146 Pts
4-Core 444
8-Core 431
59% 437 Pts
64-Core 430
27% 430 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 84.5%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.48
Performing below potential (66th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
81.4% Excellent
Lighting 101
Reflection 112
Parallax 95.9
82% 103 fps
MRender 97.9
Gravity 96.3
Splatting 97
80% 97 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 81.4%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel 760p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$33
162GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 001C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 255 268 262 261 258 255 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (6th percentile)
132% Outstanding
Read 704
Write 624
Mixed 360
SusWrite 260
109% 487 MB/s
4K Read 35.8
4K Write 132
4K Mixed 72.8
217% 80.1 MB/s
DQ Read 692
DQ Write 172
DQ Mixed 254
233% 373 MB/s
Poor: 131%
This bench: 132%
Great: 244%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 1TB (2016)-$70
555GB free
Firmware: CC41
SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 187 188 188 186 186 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
104% Outstanding
Read 175
Write 143
Mixed 28.2
SusWrite 186
96% 133 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 5.1
4K Mixed 2
371% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 39%
This bench: 104%
Great: 111%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Ripjaws DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
62.5% Good
MC Read 22.6
MC Write 23.5
MC Mixed 18.1
61% 21.4 GB/s
SC Read 17.1
SC Write 21.5
SC Mixed 21.3
57% 20 GB/s
Latency 62.9
64% 62.9 ns
Poor: 39%
This bench: 62.5%
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 5,022 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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