Asus Z97-E

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 82.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	111% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-E (all builds)
Memory	6.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141208
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 13 '17 at 13:46
Run Duration	108 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing way above expectations (90^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 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Memory 91.6 1-Core 125 2-Core 247 87% 154 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 476 58% 444 Pts	64-Core 478 30% 478 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4624 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk Ultra II 500GB 3,299 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 357GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41110WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 537 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 207 (A5) Unknown 100 100 4300931139 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 51 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 408 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 98 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 59 63 270584512553 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 81604378643 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 433 (EA) Unknown 100 100 735 (F1) Unknown 253 253 653 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1291 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	111% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 481 Mixed 376 101% 454 MB/s	4K Read 38.7 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 32 160% 61.5 MB/s	DQ Read 338 DQ Write 298 DQ Mixed 65.2 118% 234 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 842GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 63 120762985 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1339 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 205993177 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6313 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 963 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 66 41 572588066 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1390 (C2) HDA temperature 34 10 42949672994 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 15 1 120762985 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 516 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 51634096838666 (F1) Unknown 100 253 63310993063 (F2) Unknown 100 253 33481313325	106% Outstanding	Read 191 Write 178 Mixed 137 126% 169 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.34 97% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair ValueSelect DDR3 1600 C11 2x4GB 2,884 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	57.2% Above average	MC Read 21 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 17.5 56% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 16.1 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 60%

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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 $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 $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 $40	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