Asus Z97-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 93%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 88%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 77%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics110% 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 Drive86.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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 (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
MotherboardAsus Z97-A  (all builds)
Memory11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1176 x 664 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20140707
Uptime0 Days
Run DateFeb 14 '18 at 09:46
Run Duration110 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 46%
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 PC Performing above expectations (62nd 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 way above expectations (96th percentile)
87.2% Excellent
Memory 89.7
1-Core 126
2-Core 248
87% 155 Pts
4-Core 462
8-Core 628
69% 545 Pts
64-Core 673
42% 673 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 87.2%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
EVGA(3842 6282) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
110% Outstanding
Lighting 146
Reflection 157
Parallax 136
119% 146 fps
MRender 120
Gravity 140
Splatting 113
101% 124 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 110%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Crucial M500 240GB-$54
45GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MU05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (85th percentile)
86.7% Excellent
Read 495
Write 273
Mixed 350
82% 373 MB/s
4K Read 26.3
4K Write 118
4K Mixed 22.4
131% 55.7 MB/s
DQ Read 290
DQ Write 242
DQ Mixed 42.6
93% 192 MB/s
Poor: 57%
This bench: 86.7%
Great: 91%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136
1TB free
Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (24th percentile)
55.4% Above average
Read 96.4
Write 97
Mixed 93.3
72% 95.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.12
4K Write 0.53
4K Mixed 0.17
34% 0.28 MB/s
Poor: 39%
This bench: 55.4%
Great: 87%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing below potential (7th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
32.1% Below average
MC Read 10.6
MC Write 10.7
MC Mixed 9.3
29% 10.2 GB/s
SC Read 9.2
SC Write 11.2
SC Mixed 8.9
28% 9.77 GB/s
Latency 67.6
59% 67.6 ns
Poor: 31%
This bench: 32.1%
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
The Best.
CPUGPUSSD
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Intel Core i5-12600K $177Nvidia RTX 4070 $539Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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