Asus Z97-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 58%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 81%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 44%
Speed boat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics75.3% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus Z97-A  (all builds)
Memory12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150212
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateOct 19 '16 at 15:44
Run Duration96 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 41%

 PC Performing above expectations (63rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4460-$194
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
76.6% Very good
Memory 95.6
1-Core 103
2-Core 205
78% 134 Pts
4-Core 337
8-Core 322
44% 330 Pts
64-Core 345
21% 345 Pts
Poor: 46%
This bench: 76.6%
Great: 72%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560
Nvidia(10DE 1151) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7306
Performing below potential (29th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
75.3% Very good
Lighting 96
Reflection 103
Parallax 102
78% 100 fps
MRender 85.6
Gravity 89.4
Splatting 81.3
70% 85.4 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 75.3%
Great: 87%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50
649GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (24th percentile)
75.2% Very good
Read 160
Write 103
Mixed 112
94% 125 MB/s
4K Read 0.48
4K Write 1.19
4K Mixed 0.12
55% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 75.2%
Great: 114%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1904 MHz
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
72.7% Very good
MC Read 26.3
MC Write 27.3
MC Mixed 23.7
74% 25.8 GB/s
SC Read 17.3
SC Write 18.8
SC Mixed 21.9
55% 19.3 GB/s
Latency 55.2
72% 55.2 ns
Poor: 32%
This bench: 72.7%
Great: 71%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z97-A Builds (Compare 5,023 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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