Asus Z97-E

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 66.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	61.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-E (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben, 1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160223
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 17 '17 at 14:07
Run Duration	224 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Pentium G3258-$31 23,497 User benchmarks, average bench 53% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	66.5% Good	Memory 95.5 1-Core 105 2-Core 220 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 220 8-Core 218 29% 219 Pts	64-Core 220 14% 220 Pts
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 64%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Nvidia(10DE 1131) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1659 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	61.1% Good	Lighting 76.7 Reflection 82 Parallax 72.9 62% 77.2 fps	MRender 77.6 Gravity 73.1 Splatting 65.7 58% 72.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 54%
Intel HD Graphics (G4 Pentium/Celeron 1.05/1.15 GHz) 43,454 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	2.15% Terrible	Lighting 2.17 Reflection 3.69 Parallax 3.38 2% 3.08 fps	MRender 5.62 Gravity 1.13 Splatting 3.91 3% 3.56 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 2.15% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 470 Series SSD 64GB 753 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 12GB free Firmware: AXM09B1Q Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 23700 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 4464 (B1) Unknown 91 91 442 (B2) Unknown 79 79 212 (BE) vendor-specific 67 26 33 (EB) Unknown 99 99 257	34.7% Below average	Read 243 Write 154 Mixed 152 40% 183 MB/s	4K Read 16.8 4K Write 24.9 4K Mixed 8.82 50% 16.8 MB/s	DQ Read 16.6 DQ Write 28.4 DQ Mixed 7.76 10% 17.6 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 43%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 802GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 171 2200 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 304 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1523 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 163 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 20 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3556 (C2) HDA temperature 107 94 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	87.3% Excellent	Read 155 Write 149 Mixed 145 113% 150 MB/s	4K Read 1.28 4K Write 2.41 4K Mixed 0.33 135% 1.34 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 109%
WD WD2000JS-00MHB0 200GB 2,544 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: 02.01C03 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 189 183 5525 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4548 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 23536 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3717 (BE) vendor-specific 58 40 42 (C2) HDA temperature 108 90 42 (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	28.4% Poor	Read 46 Write 52.7 Mixed 39.4 34% 46 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.45 102% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 28.4% Great: 34%
WD WD2000JS-00MHB0 200GB 2,544 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 37GB free Firmware: 02.01C03 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 191 186 5408 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9179 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 23122 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3714 (BE) vendor-specific 58 35 42 (C2) HDA temperature 108 85 42 (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	31.3% Below average	Read 52.8 Write 56 Mixed 53.5 41% 54.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.34 93% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 31.3% Great: 34%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GB-$35 38,490 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	63.6% Good	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 23.5 MC Mixed 20.4 62% 21.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 20.6 SC Mixed 19.8 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 55.7 72% 55.7 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 67%

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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 $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) $30	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