Asus Z97-E

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 81.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	103% 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 Drive	44.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-E (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141208
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jun 14 '18 at 05:21
Run Duration	1195 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Memory 92.4 1-Core 113 2-Core 223 82% 143 Pts	4-Core 408 8-Core 425 55% 416 Pts	64-Core 423 26% 423 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Nvidia(10DE 119D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Lighting 135 Reflection 142 Parallax 124 110% 134 fps	MRender 99.7 Gravity 127 Splatting 106 91% 111 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 101%
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	50.1% Above average	Lighting 61.9 Reflection 67.4 Parallax 60.1 50% 63.1 fps	MRender 73.1 Gravity 58.9 Splatting 53.3 50% 61.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Premier Pro SP900 128GB-$40 2,820 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5.8.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 51657023 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 -39779987088630 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1278 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 65 (B1) Unknown 0 0 98 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 41 48 81607524393 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 51657023 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 51657023 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 51657023 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 90 90 8589934593 (E9) Unknown 0 0 16114 (EA) Unknown 0 0 16237 (F1) Unknown 0 0 16237 (F2) Unknown 0 0 16662	44.7% Average	Read 276 Write 87.2 Mixed 124 35% 162 MB/s	4K Read 16.3 4K Write 97.4 4K Mixed 8.27 87% 40.7 MB/s	DQ Read 59.6 DQ Write 115 DQ Mixed 24.9 37% 66.4 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 80%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 186GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 90 89 181950318 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3439 (05) Reallocated sector count 97 97 3960 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 103393147 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9031 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1770 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 635 (BC) Unknown 100 91 4295032850 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 66 64 588840994 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 252 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 65 65 70699 (C2) HDA temperature 34 40 68719476770 (C5) Current pending sector count 53 53 7720 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 53 53 7720 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -96327526510534 (F1) Unknown 100 253 35071930317 (F2) Unknown 100 253 28266528457	1.31% Terrible	Read 0.46 Write 4.11 Mixed 0.64 1% 1.74 MB/s	4K Read 0.001 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 0% 0 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 1.31% Great: 112%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1.5TB 2,135 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 1.5TB free, PID a006 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	20.3% Poor	Read 40 Write 42.2 Mixed 41 53% 41.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.2 66% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 20.3% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1866 C9 4x4GB 5,634 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	60.3% Good	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 22.8 MC Mixed 17.7 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 20.5 SC Mixed 19.2 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 63.4 63% 63.4 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 72%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

Jet ski

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 $178	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