Asus Z97-WS

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 91.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	62.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	221% 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	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus Z97-WS (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160114
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 28 '18 at 15:51
Run Duration	234 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (79^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Memory 98.2 1-Core 138 2-Core 272 95% 170 Pts	4-Core 453 8-Core 722 72% 588 Pts	64-Core 718 44% 718 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4963 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%
AMD R9 390X-$340 26,573 User benchmarks, average bench 54% XFX(1682 9395) CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1550 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.5.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.1% Good	Lighting 77.9 Reflection 65.5 Parallax 94.5 64% 79.3 fps	MRender 65.1 Gravity 64.7 Splatting 83 59% 71 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 62.1% Great: 57%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 208GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	221% Outstanding	Read 1,971 Write 889 Mixed 1,089 289% 1,316 MB/s	4K Read 50.2 4K Write 167 4K Mixed 51.8 230% 89.5 MB/s	DQ Read 508 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 190 202% 340 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 221% Great: 243%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 240GB 13,500 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 63GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 985 Write 264 Mixed 386 118% 545 MB/s	4K Read 40 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 24 145% 54.9 MB/s	DQ Read 299 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 78.8 121% 227 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 133%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 120GB 699 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 37GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	56.3% Above average	Read 379 Write 118 Mixed 162 48% 219 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 77.6 4K Mixed 16.5 100% 39.7 MB/s	DQ Read 105 DQ Write 110 DQ Mixed 34.9 46% 83.1 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 94%
Seagate ST1000VM002-1CT162 1TB 39,407 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 798GB free Firmware: SC11 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 197558712 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 159 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 617566247 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14354 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 59 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 1571 (BE) vendor-specific 72 53 571932700 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 47 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 186 (C2) HDA temperature 28 47 85899345948 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	85.9% Excellent	Read 152 Write 147 Mixed 117 104% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.21 74% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 98%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 8,981 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 534GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	151% Outstanding	Read 271 Write 256 Mixed 227 188% 251 MB/s	4K Read 1.57 4K Write 3.78 4K Mixed 0.99 245% 2.11 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 151% Great: 184%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 442GB free Firmware: 20.01H20 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 141 139 3908 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 654 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9821 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 654 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 43 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 149 149 153304 (C2) HDA temperature 113 97 30 (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 (F0) Head flying hours 90 90 7889 (F1) Unknown 200 200 8182780700 (F2) Unknown 200 200 6524267004	63% Good	Read 108 Write 111 Mixed 107 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.41 113% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown SP008GXLYU240NSA 2x8GB 52 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	MC Read 32.5 MC Write 32.9 MC Mixed 27.6 89% 31 GB/s	SC Read 22 SC Write 25.2 SC Mixed 27.7 71% 25 GB/s	Latency 44.9 89% 44.9 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 88%

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Gaming 97%

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Desktop 85%

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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 $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) $35	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