Asus Z97-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 11%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 76%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 10%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 82.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics5.6% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive68% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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)
Memory13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit renk
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20151111
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateNov 29 '20 at 18:00
Run Duration126 Seconds
Run User TUR-User
Background CPU2%

 PC Performing above expectations (69th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4690-$52
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
82.2% Excellent
Memory 90
1-Core 115
2-Core 227
82% 144 Pts
4-Core 431
8-Core 428
58% 430 Pts
64-Core 429
26% 429 Pts
Poor: 50%
This bench: 82.2%
Great: 77%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD R7 240
Asus(1043 048B) 2GB
CLim: 780 MHz, MLim: 900 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 20.11.1
Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)
5.6% Terrible
Lighting 6.9
Reflection 9.1
Parallax 9.2
6% 8.4 fps
MRender 7.5
Gravity 6.8
Splatting 6.3
6% 6.87 fps
Poor: 4%
This bench: 5.6%
Great: 6%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Corsair Force LE 240GB-$85
191GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SAFC11.0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 92 90 98 96 105 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (19th percentile)
68% Good
Read 278
Write 370
Mixed 282
SusWrite 101
58% 258 MB/s
4K Read 18.7
4K Write 95.3
4K Mixed 39.6
130% 51.2 MB/s
DQ Read 348
DQ Write 104
DQ Mixed 181
145% 211 MB/s
Poor: 56%
This bench: 68%
Great: 97%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64
916GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 115 113 114 117 119 MB/s
Performing as expected (50th percentile)
64.6% Good
Read 109
Write 80.6
Mixed 78.3
SusWrite 116
71% 95.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.9
178% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 38%
This bench: 64.6%
Great: 85%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
62.3% Good
MC Read 21.8
MC Write 23.2
MC Mixed 19.4
61% 21.5 GB/s
SC Read 17.7
SC Write 21.5
SC Mixed 20.3
57% 19.8 GB/s
Latency 67.3
60% 67.3 ns
Poor: 31%
This bench: 62.3%
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 5,007 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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