Asus Z97-E/USB 3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall 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.
Processor	With 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 89.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	54.4% 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	53.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-E/USB 3.1 (all builds)
Memory	4.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151207
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 22 '17 at 18:39
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Memory 94.4 1-Core 125 2-Core 260 89% 160 Pts	4-Core 478 8-Core 529 66% 504 Pts	64-Core 530 33% 530 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% Asus(1043 04ED) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.4.4 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	54.4% Above average	Lighting 66.4 Reflection 63.7 Parallax 87.7 54% 72.6 fps	MRender 62 Gravity 53.4 Splatting 80.3 55% 65.3 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 54GB free Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st 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 1738 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 165 (64) Unknown 100 100 580288 (65) Unknown 100 100 182784 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 35 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 171 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1353 (B7) Unknown 100 100 4 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 31 100 184684773407 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1035 (EA) Unknown 100 100 825 (F1) Unknown 100 100 940 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4586 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	69.4% Good	Read 475 Write 261 Mixed 264 73% 333 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 53.7 4K Mixed 10.9 85% 31 MB/s	DQ Read 297 DQ Write 159 DQ Mixed 28.2 74% 161 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 88%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: 580ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 8599769391 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 57045755638234 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 699 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 265 (B1) Unknown 0 0 97 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 33 50 1005025624097 (C2) HDA temperature 33 50 1005025624097 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 102 102 8599769391 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 102 102 8599769391 (CC) Soft ECC correction 102 102 8599769391 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 96 96 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 17336 (EA) Unknown 0 0 8264 (F1) Unknown 0 0 8264 (F2) Unknown 0 0 11832	53.2% Above average	Read 495 Write 92.1 Mixed 146 53% 244 MB/s	4K Read 15.8 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 8.36 88% 41.8 MB/s	DQ Read 19.6 DQ Write 111 DQ Mixed 8.6 23% 46.5 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 376GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 120318392 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2061 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 15329123 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9239 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 569 (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 72 55 471072796 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 98 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 13912 (C2) HDA temperature 28 45 64424509468 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 5 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -105776454561986 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5695284403 (F2) Unknown 100 253 34861529385	101% Outstanding	Read 194 Write 158 Mixed 156 127% 169 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.25 4K Mixed 0.2 94% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 112%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 160GB-$34 2,739 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 78GB free Firmware: GMBOA52A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 109 109 12897091772 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4717 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 37830 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1460 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 6118 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 6118 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 197569282078 (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 200 200 473	42.3% Average	Read 74.8 Write 72.4 Mixed 71.2 55% 72.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 0.39 90% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GB 9,885 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	57.8% Above average	MC Read 18.9 MC Write 20.1 MC Mixed 19.5 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 17 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 58.8 68% 58.8 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 69%

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Gaming 43%

Speed boat

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-E/USB 3.1

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	252x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	104x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	67x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	65x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	57x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	38x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	30x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	30x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	24x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	63x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	14x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	13x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $657

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