Asus Z97-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 104%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 89%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 78.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics134% 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 Drive237% 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 8 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.
Very high background CPU (52%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus Z97-A  (all builds)
Memory13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20151111
Uptime0 Days
Run DateNov 28 '21 at 00:23
Run Duration142 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU 52%
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 PC Performing as expected (60th 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
Performing below expectations (39th percentile)
78.2% Very good
Memory 92
1-Core 113
2-Core 194
78% 133 Pts
4-Core 348
8-Core 572
56% 460 Pts
64-Core 636
39% 636 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 78.2%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407
CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 472.12
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
134% Outstanding
Lighting 185
Reflection 180
Parallax 200
150% 188 fps
MRender 193
Gravity 159
Splatting 132
128% 161 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 134%
Great: 134%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45
110GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 459 172 168 159 163 167 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
237% Outstanding
Read 2,059
Write 1,350
Mixed 450
SusWrite 215
223% 1,019 MB/s
4K Read 50.3
4K Write 287
4K Mixed 58.5
303% 132 MB/s
DQ Read 1,112
DQ Write 1,219
DQ Mixed 988
792% 1,106 MB/s
Poor: 142%
This bench: 237%
Great: 236%
Nvme Samsung SSD 980 1TB
440GB free
Firmware: 1B4Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 642 607 587 579 583 580 MB/s
Performing below expectations (21st percentile)
191% Outstanding
Read 677
Write 655
Mixed 634
SusWrite 596
144% 641 MB/s
4K Read 57.4
4K Write 210
4K Mixed 86.1
308% 118 MB/s
DQ Read 778
DQ Write 671
DQ Mixed 1,086
715% 845 MB/s
Poor: 134%
This bench: 191%
Great: 421%
Seagate ST3320820AS 320GB-$55
153GB free
Firmware: 3.AHG
SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 69 69 68 69 70 MB/s
Performing above expectations (64th percentile)
38.4% Below average
Read 64.6
Write 33.6
Mixed 38
SusWrite 69
38% 51.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.7
125% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 14%
This bench: 38.4%
Great: 44%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown DDR3 1600 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing below potential (43rd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
53.2% Above average
MC Read 18.7
MC Write 18.9
MC Mixed 16.3
51% 18 GB/s
SC Read 13.8
SC Write 19.9
SC Mixed 16.6
48% 16.8 GB/s
Latency 64.1
62% 64.1 ns
Poor: 32%
This bench: 53.2%
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 5,014 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
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Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 36%
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Motherboard: Asus Z97-A - $150

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 60% - Above average Total price: $798
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