Asus Z97-E

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	52.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	84.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150304
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 22 '17 at 16:56
Run Duration	209 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3-$209 19,313 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	81% Excellent	Memory 90.9 1-Core 108 2-Core 218 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 384 8-Core 587 60% 486 Pts	64-Core 590 36% 590 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% XFX(1682 9480) CLim: 1338 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 16.6 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	52.6% Above average	Lighting 65.9 Reflection 69.2 Parallax 82.6 54% 72.6 fps	MRender 68.7 Gravity 62.7 Splatting 56.3 50% 62.6 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 1TB-$100 21,936 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 914GB free Firmware: M0CR031 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 310 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 42 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 24 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 46 231929544734 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 1775352922 (F7) Unknown 100 100 55506901 (F8) Unknown 100 100 23735937 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4368 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	70.3% Very good	Read 482 Write 337 Mixed 339 86% 386 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 76.2 4K Mixed 15.2 96% 38.4 MB/s	DQ Read 28.2 DQ Write 83.5 DQ Mixed 15.1 23% 42.3 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 105%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 312GB free Firmware: 1B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	219% Outstanding	Read 1,479 Write 1,294 Mixed 1,221 296% 1,331 MB/s	4K Read 45.6 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 39.5 194% 75.2 MB/s	DQ Read 585 DQ Write 447 DQ Mixed 203 237% 411 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 219% Great: 302%
Plextor PX-512M6S+ 512GB 76 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 206GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.00 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 39 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 43 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 25 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 1955 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1216 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 25 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 977 (F1) Unknown 100 100 19998 (F2) Unknown 100 100 21946	84.9% Excellent	Read 451 Write 430 Mixed 424 97% 435 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 81 4K Mixed 21.5 113% 43.6 MB/s	DQ Read 29.7 DQ Write 292 DQ Mixed 19.9 57% 114 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 102%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$178 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 3.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 146 10200 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 983 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 8009 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 867 (10) Unknown 11 189 193901835387 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 75 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 907 (C2) HDA temperature 116 100 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	96% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 163 Mixed 160 124% 165 MB/s	4K Read 1.04 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.35 120% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 98%
WD Black 6TB (2015)-$296 5,447 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 3.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 100 0 (03) Spinup time 209 100 8525 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 24 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 308 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 23 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 100 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 100 21 (C2) HDA temperature 114 112 38 (C4) Reallocation count 200 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0	116% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 228 Mixed 206 153% 202 MB/s	4K Read 6.97 4K Write 2.98 4K Mixed 0.44 394% 3.46 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 118%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 253GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 100 179049264 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 9 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 844680 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 225 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 8 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 63 622460962 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 263 (C2) HDA temperature 34 40 90194313250 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 58776627445958 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4231988982 (F2) Unknown 100 253 770032819	69% Good	Read 111 Write 128 Mixed 118 90% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 5.32 4K Mixed 0.55 176% 2.09 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 20,728 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1373 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	53.5% Above average	MC Read 18.8 MC Write 19.1 MC Mixed 16 51% 18 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 18.1 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 66 61% 66 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 62%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

Jet ski

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 $109Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	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