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Asus Z97-A

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 109%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 93%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 85%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics121% 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 Drive74.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.
MotherboardAsus Z97-A  (all builds)
Memory9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140930
Uptime4.2 Days
Run DateNov 09 '21 at 16:16
Run Duration239 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU6%

 PC Performing above expectations (75th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-4690K-$43
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
89.6% Excellent
Memory 96.6
1-Core 125
2-Core 240
88% 154 Pts
4-Core 478
8-Core 476
64% 477 Pts
64-Core 470
29% 470 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 89.6%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$237
CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 496.49
Performing below potential (36th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
121% Outstanding
Lighting 162
Reflection 184
Parallax 189
132% 178 fps
MRender 132
Gravity 166
Splatting 122
113% 140 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 121%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 240GB-$139
27GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 400i
SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 127 127 145 132 139 MB/s
Performing below expectations (40th percentile)
74.2% Very good
Read 311
Write 233
Mixed 275
SusWrite 132
53% 238 MB/s
4K Read 29.8
4K Write 96.5
4K Mixed 36.5
143% 54.3 MB/s
DQ Read 246
DQ Write 205
DQ Mixed 204
158% 218 MB/s
Poor: 58%
This bench: 74.2%
Great: 95%
Intel X25-M 80GB
38GB free
Firmware: 2CV102HD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 76 82 83 80 82 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
43.6% Average
Read 245
Write 83.3
Mixed 116
SusWrite 80.8
29% 131 MB/s
4K Read 21.8
4K Write 63.4
4K Mixed 11.9
82% 32.4 MB/s
DQ Read 153
DQ Write 81
DQ Mixed 82
70% 105 MB/s
Poor: 18%
This bench: 43.6%
Great: 44%
Crucial M4 256GB-$218
134GB free
Firmware: 000F
SusWrite @10s intervals: 224 240 235 244 256 251 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
70.7% Very good
Read 483
Write 260
Mixed 251
SusWrite 242
69% 309 MB/s
4K Read 23.3
4K Write 97.5
4K Mixed 16.2
108% 45.7 MB/s
DQ Read 125
DQ Write 117
DQ Mixed 23.7
44% 88.5 MB/s
Poor: 43%
This bench: 70.7%
Great: 74%
Intel 520 Series 240GB-$139
204GB free
Firmware: 400i
SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 227 239 230 226 225 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
95.1% Outstanding
Read 381
Write 276
Mixed 291
SusWrite 220
65% 292 MB/s
4K Read 39.2
4K Write 102
4K Mixed 48
175% 63.2 MB/s
DQ Read 305
DQ Write 256
DQ Mixed 250
196% 270 MB/s
Poor: 58%
This bench: 95.1%
Great: 95%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$140
64GB free
Firmware: RVT01B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 335 311 205 144 130 129 MB/s
Performing as expected (43rd percentile)
111% Outstanding
Read 493
Write 457
Mixed 454
SusWrite 209
90% 403 MB/s
4K Read 40.9
4K Write 115
4K Mixed 60.2
200% 72.1 MB/s
DQ Read 379
DQ Write 346
DQ Mixed 360
270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 81%
This bench: 111%
Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$91
2.5TB free
Firmware: CC25
SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 185 188 188 188 188 MB/s
Performing above expectations (78th percentile)
103% Outstanding
Read 174
Write 137
Mixed 85.5
SusWrite 184
106% 145 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.8
150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 56%
This bench: 103%
Great: 113%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2133 C9 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
81.2% Excellent
MC Read 29.3
MC Write 30.3
MC Mixed 26.7
82% 28.8 GB/s
SC Read 19.4
SC Write 22.8
SC Mixed 24.5
64% 22.2 GB/s
Latency 51.8
77% 51.8 ns
Poor: 38%
This bench: 81.2%
Great: 81%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical Z97-A Builds (Compare 5,230 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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