Asus Z97-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 113%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 92%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 94%
Nuclear submarine
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics128% 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.
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)
Memory9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20151111
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateNov 30 '19 at 16:43
Run Duration144 Seconds
Run User NOR-User
Background CPU7%
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 PC Performing above expectations (76th 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 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
89.6% Excellent
Memory 93.9
1-Core 125
2-Core 249
88% 156 Pts
4-Core 461
8-Core 655
70% 558 Pts
64-Core 663
41% 663 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 89.6%
Great: 84%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407
CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.41
Performing below potential (78th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
128% Outstanding
Lighting 177
Reflection 165
Parallax 174
145% 172 fps
MRender 183
Gravity 149
Splatting 113
118% 148 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 128%
Great: 134%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109
346GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 42 46 46 52 52 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB
236GB free
Firmware: BXV77D0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 275 250 225 230 270 282 MB/s
Performing as expected (46th percentile)
116% Outstanding
Read 642
Write 304
Mixed 315
SusWrite 255
84% 379 MB/s
4K Read 39.5
4K Write 116
4K Mixed 36
168% 64 MB/s
DQ Read 780
DQ Write 312
DQ Mixed 426
347% 506 MB/s
Poor: 77%
This bench: 116%
Great: 147%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50
907GB free
Firmware: CC26
SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 149 140 142 153 152 MB/s
Performing as expected (59th percentile)
95.9% Outstanding
Read 188
Write 158
Mixed 83.5
SusWrite 147
105% 144 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.7
133% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 95.9%
Great: 114%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
60.7% Good
MC Read 21.4
MC Write 21.8
MC Mixed 18.3
59% 20.5 GB/s
SC Read 15.9
SC Write 22.6
SC Mixed 21.1
57% 19.9 GB/s
Latency 60
67% 60 ns
Poor: 29%
This bench: 60.7%
Great: 61%

 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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