Asus Z97-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 116%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 96%
Nuclear submarine
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 92.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics126% 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 Drive148% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus Z97-A  (all builds)
Memory25.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180418
Uptime0.4 Days
Run DateDec 11 '19 at 14:26
Run Duration155 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU3%

 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 i7-4790K-$348
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
92.8% Outstanding
Memory 93.4
1-Core 100
2-Core 263
84% 152 Pts
4-Core 502
8-Core 691
75% 596 Pts
64-Core 692
43% 692 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 92.8%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 441.66
Performing below potential (68th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
126% Outstanding
Lighting 174
Reflection 188
Parallax 172
142% 178 fps
MRender 123
Gravity 172
Splatting 132
116% 142 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 126%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625
222GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 508 507 505 536 537 538 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
148% Outstanding
Read 739
Write 614
Mixed 489
SusWrite 522
132% 591 MB/s
4K Read 46.1
4K Write 112
4K Mixed 55.9
201% 71.2 MB/s
DQ Read 770
DQ Write 350
DQ Mixed 444
360% 521 MB/s
Poor: 138%
This bench: 148%
Great: 283%
Samsung 860 Evo 2TB-$275
1.5TB free
Firmware: RVT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 313 312 310 325 327 327 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 89% Great: 133%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50
1.5TB free
Firmware: CC43
SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 203 200 203 202 203 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
117% Outstanding
Read 204
Write 155
Mixed 64.3
SusWrite 202
114% 156 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 5
4K Mixed 2.5
429% 2.97 MB/s
Poor: 43%
This bench: 117%
Great: 108%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50
1.5TB free
Firmware: CC43
SusWrite @10s intervals: 185 186 187 186 186 187 MB/s
Performing above expectations (71st percentile)
96.1% Outstanding
Read 148
Write 156
Mixed 29.5
SusWrite 186
94% 130 MB/s
4K Read 1.3
4K Write 5.1
4K Mixed 2
371% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 43%
This bench: 96.1%
Great: 108%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)
60.4% Good
MC Read 21.7
MC Write 21.8
MC Mixed 17.9
58% 20.5 GB/s
SC Read 15.9
SC Write 22.6
SC Mixed 20.8
56% 19.8 GB/s
Latency 61.3
65% 61.3 ns
Poor: 42%
This bench: 60.4%
Great: 62%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z97-A Builds (Compare 5,021 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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