Asus Z97-E

Performance Results


Gaming 36% Jet ski	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 83.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	37.7% 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	39% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-E (all builds)
Memory	7.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141208
Uptime	10.9 Days
Run Date	Apr 04 '17 at 02:29
Run Duration	354 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	83.5% Excellent	Memory 93.9 1-Core 110 2-Core 221 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 427 8-Core 406 56% 416 Pts	64-Core 387 24% 387 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% EVGA(3842 2774) 2GB CLim: 1267 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	37.7% Below average	Lighting 45.5 Reflection 41.3 Parallax 54.5 37% 47.1 fps	MRender 56.2 Gravity 52.2 Splatting 38.2 39% 48.9 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk S128G 126GB 21,984 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.2.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 15532 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 136 (A5) Unknown 100 100 497045 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 127 (AE) Unknown 100 100 35 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 57 43 227634315307 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 423 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 830 (F1) Unknown 100 100 13334365433 (F2) Unknown 100 100 17042864738	39% Below average	Read 438 Write 198 Mixed 246 64% 294 MB/s	4K Read 11.6 4K Write 10.7 4K Mixed 5.18 30% 9.17 MB/s	DQ Read 15.1 DQ Write 12.8 DQ Mixed 5.61 6% 11.1 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 56%
WD WD1001FAES-60Z2A0 1TB 11,642 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 75GB free Firmware: 06.01D06 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 169 4350 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9669 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 48 48 38535 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5652 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 98 4 (BC) Unknown 100 99 3 (BE) vendor-specific 70 60 655884318 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 115 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9553 (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	48.4% Average	Read 92.8 Write 75.7 Mixed 76.5 61% 81.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.33 103% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 75%
HP External HDD 999GB 996 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 210GB free, PID 4607 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	17.6% Very poor	Read 34.7 Write 35.1 Mixed 34.5 45% 34.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.34 67% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 17.6% Great: 20%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 4GB 134 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 4GB free, PID a813 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	5.31% Terrible	Read 19.6 Write 4.93 Mixed 7.05 11% 10.5 MB/s	4K Read 5.77 4K Write 0.009 4K Mixed 0.008 22% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.31% Great: 5%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-14900CL9-4GBXL 0215 CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 0420 F3-14900CL9-4GBXL 0215 CMX8GX3M2A1600C9 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 2000, 2000, 2000, 2000 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	70.5% Very good	MC Read 25 MC Write 27.3 MC Mixed 22.6 71% 25 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 20.8 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 60.1 66% 60.1 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 71%

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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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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