Asus Z97-E

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall 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.
Processor	With 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	32.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	336% 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.
Memory	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-E (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160223
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 18 '18 at 15:52
Run Duration	243 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770-$75 176,321 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 93.1 1-Core 112 2-Core 227 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 616 65% 522 Pts	64-Core 614 38% 614 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% EVGA(3842 6251) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	32.5% Below average	Lighting 40.8 Reflection 31.8 Parallax 38.2 33% 36.9 fps	MRender 38.5 Gravity 38.9 Splatting 37 31% 38.2 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 32.5% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 265GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1149 2126 2210 2211 2212 2212 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	336% Outstanding	Read 2,423 Write 2202 Mixed 1472 SusWrite 2,020 456% 2,029 MB/s	4K Read 58.1 4K Write 152 4K Mixed 78.7 269% 96.2 MB/s	DQ Read 901 DQ Write 528 DQ Mixed 733 541% 721 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 336% Great: 393%
Samsung 850 Pro 128GB-$70 18,195 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 38GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 451 484 481 487 424 329 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 483 Mixed 363 SusWrite 443 101% 451 MB/s	4K Read 37.5 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 46.3 175% 65.1 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 332 258% 354 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 119%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$84 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 218GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 123 123 120 124 123 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Read 163 Write 151 Mixed 84.5 SusWrite 122 95% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 212% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 84%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 43GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 93 99 95 101 101 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	55.4% Above average	Read 96.3 Write 60.8 Mixed 21.8 SusWrite 96.5 50% 68.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 107%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 277GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 87 88 91 90 88 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	51.4% Above average	Read 90.2 Write 90.2 Mixed 62.5 SusWrite 88.3 61% 82.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.2 224% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 108%
ASMT 2115 2TB 1,348 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 411GB free, PID 1153 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 91 89 91 91 93 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	33.6% Below average	Read 84.2 Write 84.7 Mixed 30 SusWrite 91.4 97% 72.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 30% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 33.6% Great: 111%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-831.A00LF 2x8GB 161 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	59.1% Above average	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 16.8 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 20.3 57% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 61.8 65% 61.8 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 61%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-E

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	275x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	181x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	72x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	151x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	48x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	40x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	47x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	30x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	30x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	30x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	24x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	21x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16