Asus Z97-E/USB 3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (24th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 76 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 65.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	74.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	43% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-E/USB 3.1 (all builds)
Memory	23.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160316
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 28 '18 at 12:51
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing below expectations (24^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	65.7% Good	Memory 64.7 1-Core 118 2-Core 219 73% 134 Pts	4-Core 358 8-Core 536 56% 447 Pts	64-Core 578 36% 578 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Nvidia(10DE 119D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	74.9% Very good	Lighting 92.7 Reflection 104 Parallax 96.1 76% 97.5 fps	MRender 90.2 Gravity 86.9 Splatting 92.1 74% 89.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT08B0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 38 37 39 36 38 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	43% Average	Read 301 Write 39.2 Mixed 74.2 SusWrite 37.2 24% 113 MB/s	4K Read 18 4K Write 33.9 4K Mixed 16.3 66% 22.7 MB/s	DQ Read 343 DQ Write 46.8 DQ Mixed 47.9 72% 146 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 43% Great: 73%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 221GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 39 35 34 36 38 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	57.8% Above average	Read 163 Write 51.7 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 39 51% 70.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.4 92% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 107%
Seagate FA GoFlex Desk 2TB 2,127 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 808GB free, PID 5071 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 39 40 40 40 39 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	18.8% Very poor	Read 35.5 Write 12.2 Mixed 21 SusWrite 39.4 35% 27 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 91% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 18.8% Great: 18%
WD My Book 1140 2TB 10,094 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 282GB free, PID 1140 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 41 42 41 42 42 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	21.2% Poor	Read 40.7 Write 38.5 Mixed 30 SusWrite 41.4 51% 37.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.5 88% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 21.2% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 6,389 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	39.5% Below average	MC Read 14.5 MC Write 15.5 MC Mixed 13.6 42% 14.5 GB/s	SC Read 5.3 SC Write 13.6 SC Mixed 7.2 25% 8.7 GB/s	Latency 114 35% 114 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 39.5% Great: 87%

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

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-E/USB 3.1

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	253x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	104x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	67x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	65x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	57x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	38x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	31x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	30x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	24x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	63x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	14x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	13x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $45	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