Asus Z97-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 63%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 97%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 50%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 92%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics62.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive166% 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.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus Z97-A  (all builds)
Memory5.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20151111
Uptime0 Days
Run DateNov 13 '19 at 03:14
Run Duration112 Seconds
Run User AUS-User
Background CPU3%
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 PC Performing above expectations (84th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
92% Outstanding
Memory 98
1-Core 128
2-Core 252
90% 159 Pts
4-Core 496
8-Core 501
67% 499 Pts
64-Core 480
30% 480 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 92%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117
CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
62.4% Good
Lighting 78
Reflection 78.7
Parallax 68.2
64% 75 fps
MRender 71.6
Gravity 73
Splatting 74.9
60% 73.2 fps
Poor: 51%
This bench: 62.4%
Great: 60%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Crucial P1 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$38
216GB free (System drive)
Firmware: P3CR010 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 588 629 637 644 646 649 MB/s
Performing as expected (40th percentile)
166% Outstanding
Read 740
Write 649
Mixed 593
SusWrite 632
147% 654 MB/s
4K Read 57.6
4K Write 139
4K Mixed 72.1
253% 89.6 MB/s
DQ Read 346
DQ Write 520
DQ Mixed 220
226% 362 MB/s
Poor: 103%
This bench: 166%
Great: 242%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2400 C11 2x4GB
2 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 2400 MHz clocked @ 2448 MHz
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
83% Excellent
MC Read 30.7
MC Write 31.1
MC Mixed 25.7
83% 29.2 GB/s
SC Read 20.1
SC Write 23.9
SC Mixed 23.8
65% 22.6 GB/s
Latency 45.9
87% 45.9 ns
Poor: 29%
This bench: 83%
Great: 84%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z97-A Builds (Compare 5,016 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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