Asus Z97-WS

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 115%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 94%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 96%
Nuclear submarine
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 88.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics130% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive179% 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.
Memory16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
MotherboardAsus Z97-WS  (all builds)
Memory13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
DisplayЦвета: 7680 x 1440 - 32 Bit
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160114
Uptime0 Days
Run DateNov 19 '17 at 22:09
Run Duration109 Seconds
Run User BLR-User
Background CPU6%

 PC Performing above expectations (77th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348
SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
88.8% Excellent
Memory 95.4
1-Core 130
2-Core 251
90% 159 Pts
4-Core 444
8-Core 667
69% 555 Pts
64-Core 684
42% 684 Pts
Poor: 67%
This bench: 88.8%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2902 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
130% Outstanding
Lighting 180
Reflection 208
Parallax 189
147% 192 fps
MRender 136
Gravity 182
Splatting 128
120% 149 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 130%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Plextor M8Pe NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$110
94GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.06 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing as expected (42nd percentile)
179% Outstanding
Read 1,795
Write 609
Mixed 729
227% 1,044 MB/s
4K Read 44.9
4K Write 100
4K Mixed 40.8
174% 62 MB/s
DQ Read 535
DQ Write 271
DQ Mixed 132
170% 313 MB/s
Poor: 125%
This bench: 179%
Great: 215%
WD Black 3TB (2013)-$151
1TB free
Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (66th percentile)
88.7% Excellent
Read 155
Write 154
Mixed 160
118% 156 MB/s
4K Read 0.94
4K Write 2.97
4K Mixed 0.22
119% 1.38 MB/s
Poor: 61%
This bench: 88.7%
Great: 100%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
62.4% Good
MC Read 21.7
MC Write 22.1
MC Mixed 19.1
60% 21 GB/s
SC Read 18.1
SC Write 23.2
SC Mixed 20.1
58% 20.5 GB/s
Latency 56
72% 56 ns
Poor: 28%
This bench: 62.4%
Great: 63%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical Z97-WS Builds (Compare 141 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 97%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 81%
Aircraft carrier

Motherboard: Asus Z97-WS - $318

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 65% - Good Total price: $1,217
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