Asus Z97-E

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	72.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-E (all builds)
Memory	24.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160223
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	May 25 '17 at 15:17
Run Duration	465 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	40%

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PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90% Excellent	Memory 92.2 1-Core 122 2-Core 250 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 476 8-Core 663 72% 569 Pts	64-Core 665 41% 665 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 1B81) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	72.6% Very good	Lighting 87.2 Reflection 94.3 Parallax 80.2 71% 87.2 fps	MRender 94 Gravity 91.4 Splatting 91.3 75% 92.3 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 840GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2046 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 582 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 42 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 44 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9040812319
Poor: 80% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 580GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 92 71030232 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3109 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 245094091476 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8253 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2422 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 162 (BC) Unknown 100 99 6 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 70 46 504758302 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 513 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 18055 (C2) HDA temperature 30 54 42949672990 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -69866232996779 (F1) Unknown 100 253 62918123594 (F2) Unknown 100 253 72177289776	95.5% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 160 Mixed 147 120% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.07 4K Mixed 0.32 99% 1 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 112%
Sandisk Cruzer Blade 128GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 110GB free Firmware: 1.27 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	5.51% Terrible	Read 11.9 Write 6.28 Mixed 8.42 7% 8.85 MB/s	4K Read 2.79 4K Write 0.57 4K Mixed 0.63 197% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.51% Great: 6%
hp v245o 16GB 15GB free Firmware: 1.00 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	10.8% Very poor	Read 29.4 Write 6.2 Mixed 10.9 12% 15.5 MB/s	4K Read 5.6 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.04 248% 2.05 MB/s

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905471-079.A00LF KHX1866C10D3/8G 9905471-079.A00LF KHX1866C10D3/8G 32GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	58.2% Above average	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 21 MC Mixed 16.4 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 19.8 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 63.7 63% 63.7 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 58%

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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 $179	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