Asus Z97-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 80%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 96%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 68%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 92.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics84.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive55.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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)
Memory14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180418
Uptime0 Days
Run DateOct 09 '18 at 14:44
Run Duration144 Seconds
Run User VAT-User
Background CPU5%
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 PC Performing above expectations (70th 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 4.4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
92.5% Outstanding
Memory 96.1
1-Core 138
2-Core 270
94% 168 Pts
4-Core 479
8-Core 700
74% 589 Pts
64-Core 698
43% 698 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 92.5%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.16
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
84.3% Excellent
Lighting 105
Reflection 115
Parallax 108
86% 109 fps
MRender 97.7
Gravity 98.7
Splatting 100
81% 99 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 84.3%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Crucial M4 64GB-$92
37GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 070H
SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 105 99 109 104 108 MB/s
Performing as expected (51st percentile)
55.3% Above average
Read 439
Write 109
Mixed 162
SusWrite 104
44% 204 MB/s
4K Read 21.9
4K Write 79.3
4K Mixed 13.4
92% 38.2 MB/s
DQ Read 128
DQ Write 86
DQ Mixed 28.5
42% 81 MB/s
Poor: 40%
This bench: 55.3%
Great: 65%
Thnsn5128gpu7 TOSHIBA 128GB
84GB free
Firmware: 57XA4103
SusWrite @10s intervals: 505 564 529 522 525 512 MB/s
Performing below expectations (39th percentile)
133% Outstanding
Read 562
Write 457
Mixed 437
SusWrite 526
112% 496 MB/s
4K Read 24.7
4K Write 95.6
4K Mixed 54.3
158% 58.2 MB/s
DQ Read 720
DQ Write 540
DQ Mixed 538
427% 599 MB/s
Poor: 91%
This bench: 133%
Great: 176%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40
812GB free
Firmware: MX4OABB0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 152 156 156 156 155 MB/s
Performing as expected (46th percentile)
86.7% Excellent
Read 147
Write 155
Mixed 31
SusWrite 155
88% 122 MB/s
4K Read 0.9
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 0.6
145% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 49%
This bench: 86.7%
Great: 108%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1867 MHz
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
72.7% Very good
MC Read 25.7
MC Write 26.4
MC Mixed 22.7
71% 24.9 GB/s
SC Read 19.9
SC Write 25.4
SC Mixed 23.2
65% 22.8 GB/s
Latency 53.5
75% 53.5 ns
Poor: 36%
This bench: 72.7%
Great: 72%

 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%
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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