Asus Z97-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 92%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 77%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 87.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics105% 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 Drive49.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.
MotherboardAsus Z97-A  (all builds)
Memory20.8 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20151111
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJul 15 '20 at 01:59
Run Duration147 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU0%
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 PC Performing above expectations (71st 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 (98th percentile)
87.9% Excellent
Memory 89.4
1-Core 127
2-Core 252
87% 156 Pts
4-Core 467
8-Core 666
71% 566 Pts
64-Core 666
41% 666 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 87.9%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
Zotac(19DA 2426) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.48
Performing below potential (79th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
105% Outstanding
Lighting 138
Reflection 141
Parallax 132
112% 137 fps
MRender 111
Gravity 133
Splatting 106
94% 116 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 105%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 240 GB 240GB
45GB free (System drive)
Firmware: UF3000RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 20 30 3.8 39 64 MB/s
Performing above expectations (76th percentile)
49.2% Average
Read 458
Write 102
Mixed 55.3
SusWrite 41.1
35% 164 MB/s
4K Read 23.7
4K Write 35.7
4K Mixed 19.8
80% 26.4 MB/s
DQ Read 116
DQ Write 66.9
DQ Mixed 41.6
44% 74.8 MB/s
Poor: 29%
This bench: 49.2%
Great: 56%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
93GB free
Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 573 588 590 587 594 556 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (8th percentile)
166% Outstanding
Read 707
Write 590
Mixed 508
SusWrite 582
134% 597 MB/s
4K Read 44.9
4K Write 150
4K Mixed 65.7
232% 87 MB/s
DQ Read 763
DQ Write 628
DQ Mixed 765
554% 719 MB/s
Poor: 153%
This bench: 166%
Great: 254%
Flash USB Disk 16GB
15GB free, PID 3a04
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 6 7.4 6.6 6.8 8.7 6 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
6.6% Terrible
Read 21.3
Write 1.5
Mixed 8.5
SusWrite 6.9
10% 9.55 MB/s
4K Read 8.5
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0
32% 2.83 MB/s
Poor: 4%
This bench: 6.6%
Great: 7%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/8G 9905403-198.A00LF KHX1600C10D3/8G 9905403-198.A00LF 24GB
1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz
8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB
Performing above expectations (71st percentile)
51.4% Above average
MC Read 18.1
MC Write 18.3
MC Mixed 15.5
49% 17.3 GB/s
SC Read 13.8
SC Write 19.4
SC Mixed 17.1
48% 16.8 GB/s
Latency 68
59% 68 ns
Poor: 41%
This bench: 51.4%
Great: 58%

 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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