Asus Z97-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 82%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 74%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 68%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (24th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 76 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics113% 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.
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.
High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus Z97-A  (all builds)
Memory10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
DisplayЦвета: 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180418
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateNov 28 '22 at 21:36
Run Duration126 Seconds
Run User RUS-User
Background CPU 27%
Watch Gameplay: 2070S + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing below expectations (24th 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 4.15 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (28th percentile)
76.2% Very good
Memory 82
1-Core 113
2-Core 152
70% 116 Pts
4-Core 380
8-Core 560
59% 470 Pts
64-Core 577
36% 577 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 76.2%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 526.98
Performing below potential (32nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
113% Outstanding
Lighting 145
Reflection 138
Parallax 142
118% 141 fps
MRender 179
Gravity 127
Splatting 113
111% 140 fps
Poor: 105%
This bench: 113%
Great: 123%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Adata SP600 64GB
3GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 5.8
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 307
Write 81.8
Mixed 123
37% 171 MB/s
4K Read 27
4K Write 53.3
4K Mixed 31.2
109% 37.2 MB/s
DQ Read 153
DQ Write 81.6
DQ Mixed 77.7
68% 104 MB/s
Poor: 27% Great: 86%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32
138GB free
Firmware: 80.00A80
SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 103 104 107 106 106 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (16th percentile)
65.8% Good
Read 125
Write 131
Mixed 73.7
SusWrite 104
80% 108 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 2.5
4K Mixed 1
199% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 65.8%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX KHX1600C9D3/4GX KHX2400C11D3/4GX KHX2400C11D3/4GX 16GB
1600, 1600, 2400, 2400 MHz
4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB
Performing below expectations (21st percentile)
48.1% Average
MC Read 15.6
MC Write 18.5
MC Mixed 14.7
46% 16.3 GB/s
SC Read 13
SC Write 18.5
SC Mixed 15.9
45% 15.8 GB/s
Latency 76.9
52% 76.9 ns
Poor: 34%
This bench: 48.1%
Great: 61%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical Z97-A Builds (Compare 5,048 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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