Asus Z97-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 99%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 82%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics116% 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.
Memory8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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 (55%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus Z97-A  (all builds)
Memory0.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit couleurs
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20140620
Uptime9.7 Days
Run DateMar 02 '18 at 22:07
Run Duration110 Seconds
Run User FRA-User
Background CPU 55%
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 PC Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 3.4 GHz
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
87% Excellent
Memory 97.3
1-Core 124
2-Core 243
88% 155 Pts
4-Core 414
8-Core 618
64% 516 Pts
64-Core 656
41% 656 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 87%
Great: 84%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
Nvidia(10DE 1B80) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2627 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 387.92
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
116% Outstanding
Lighting 157
Reflection 165
Parallax 142
128% 155 fps
MRender 125
Gravity 149
Splatting 119
106% 131 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 116%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150
107GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 72% Great: 126%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100
169GB free
Firmware: 1AA0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (11th percentile)
33.7% Below average
Read 61.3
Write 55.9
Mixed 74.8
49% 64 MB/s
4K Read 0.53
4K Write 1.77
4K Mixed 0.41
101% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 31%
This bench: 33.7%
Great: 62%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C9 2x4GB
2 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 2133 MHz clocked @ 2000 MHz
Performing below potential (80th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
73.7% Very good
MC Read 26.6
MC Write 27.6
MC Mixed 23.1
74% 25.8 GB/s
SC Read 13.8
SC Write 22.7
SC Mixed 23.6
57% 20 GB/s
Latency 49.1
82% 49.1 ns
Poor: 32%
This bench: 73.7%
Great: 81%

 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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