Asus Z97-WS

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	99.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	91.2% 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	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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-WS (all builds)
Memory	28.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141208
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 17 '17 at 20:24
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	IRL-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing as expected (54^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 (98^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Memory 97.4 1-Core 124 2-Core 240 88% 154 Pts	4-Core 431 8-Core 647 67% 539 Pts	64-Core 656 41% 656 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	99.1% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 135 Parallax 122 104% 128 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 124 Splatting 100 90% 111 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$210 25,365 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 321GB free Firmware: EXM03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11798 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1383 (B1) Unknown 99 99 8 (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 75 61 25 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 59 (F1) Unknown 99 99 16701627102	115% Outstanding	Read 520 Write 486 Mixed 508 113% 504 MB/s	4K Read 36 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 48.9 172% 62.7 MB/s	DQ Read 195 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 113 125% 207 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 124%
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 234GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 20592 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2449 (B1) Unknown 96 96 48 (B3) Unknown 100 1 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 69 53 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 688 (EB) Unknown 99 99 492 (F1) Unknown 99 99 111826387247	91.2% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 342 Mixed 351 88% 399 MB/s	4K Read 43.5 4K Write 68.6 4K Mixed 29.2 140% 47.1 MB/s	DQ Read 178 DQ Write 209 DQ Mixed 72 88% 153 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 126%
WD Se 4TB-$90 2,519 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 153 140 11333 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1791 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12568 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1539 (10) Unknown 44 156 783375740749 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 95 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1695 (C2) HDA temperature 121 109 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	70.4% Very good	Read 137 Write 108 Mixed 98 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 2.79 4K Mixed 0.22 94% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 100%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1TB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 253 253 8391 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4476 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 25514 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2971 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 366 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4109 (C2) HDA temperature 116 89 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	72.3% Very good	Read 156 Write 95.4 Mixed 120 93% 124 MB/s	4K Read 1.07 4K Write 2.42 4K Mixed 0.38 131% 1.29 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 85%
Hitachi HDS722020ALA330 2TB-$71 17,356 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 565GB free Firmware: JKAOA28A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (02) Throughput performance 132 132 104 (03) Spinup time 112 112 30106714757 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 6256 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 112 112 39 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 38065 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3756 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 6807 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 6807 (C2) HDA temperature 162 162 240518758437 (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 200 200 856	57.7% Above average	Read 88.5 Write 113 Mixed 86.1 72% 95.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.21 56% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 2666 C12 4x8GB 177 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	71.1% Very good	MC Read 25 MC Write 25.7 MC Mixed 22.6 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 22.1 59% 20.8 GB/s	Latency 48.6 82% 48.6 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 114%

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Gaming 97%

Nuclear submarine

Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 81%

Aircraft carrier

Motherboard: Asus Z97-WS - $318

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	76x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	22x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	13x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	13x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	13x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	11x

SSD
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	6x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $168Bench 416%, 138,083 samples	5x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	5x

RAM
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	6x
RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 54%, 8,026 samples	5x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	4x

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Value: 65% - Good

Total price: $1,217

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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