Asus Z97-WS

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall 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.
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 92%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	59.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	218% 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	14.1 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 16:40
Run Duration	327 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (77^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)	92% Outstanding	Memory 98.2 1-Core 136 2-Core 267 94% 167 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 699 72% 580 Pts	64-Core 722 45% 722 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 92% 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: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.5.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	59.3% Above average	Lighting 74.4 Reflection 62.7 Parallax 89.8 61% 75.6 fps	MRender 62.3 Gravity 61.9 Splatting 79.5 57% 67.9 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 59.3% 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 (68^th percentile)	218% Outstanding	Read 1,903 Write 891 Mixed 1,086 284% 1,293 MB/s	4K Read 49.7 4K Write 164 4K Mixed 52.4 230% 88.9 MB/s	DQ Read 508 DQ Write 319 DQ Mixed 190 202% 339 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 218% Great: 243%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 240GB 13,500 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 63GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 961 Write 249 Mixed 362 114% 524 MB/s	4K Read 38.9 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 24.2 144% 54.8 MB/s	DQ Read 298 DQ Write 303 DQ Mixed 80.3 121% 227 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 133%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 120GB 699 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 37GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	56.5% Above average	Read 381 Write 117 Mixed 160 48% 219 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 78.4 4K Mixed 16.4 100% 40 MB/s	DQ Read 102 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 32.4 45% 82.7 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 56.5% 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 (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 201250712 (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 617569625 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14355 (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	84.7% Excellent	Read 146 Write 149 Mixed 131 107% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.19 73% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 98%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 8,981 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 534GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	154% Outstanding	Read 281 Write 256 Mixed 214 187% 250 MB/s	4K Read 1.54 4K Write 4.24 4K Mixed 0.79 230% 2.19 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 154% 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 9822 (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 153310 (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 8187109180 (F2) Unknown 200 200 6526148056	63.3% Good	Read 110 Write 110 Mixed 105 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.44 114% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 69%
Patriot Supersonic Pulse USB 3.0 16GB-$58 35 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 11GB free, PID 0916 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	9.02% Terrible	Read 33.6 Write 11.6 Mixed 11.8 20% 19 MB/s	4K Read 2.02 4K Write 0.37 4K Mixed 0.005 20% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 9.02% Great: 16%

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)	87.9% Excellent	MC Read 32.3 MC Write 32.7 MC Mixed 27.6 88% 30.9 GB/s	SC Read 21.7 SC Write 25.3 SC Mixed 26.8 70% 24.6 GB/s	Latency 45.2 88% 45.2 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 88%

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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 $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 $46

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