Asus Z97-E/USB 3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.77% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	126% 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-E/USB 3.1 (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150520
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 16 '18 at 00:10
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	Memory 89.2 1-Core 100 2-Core 199 75% 129 Pts	4-Core 370 8-Core 359 49% 365 Pts	64-Core 368 23% 368 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	3.77% Terrible	Lighting 3.77 Reflection 6.35 Parallax 6.34 3% 5.49 fps	MRender 8.81 Gravity 2.27 Splatting 7.43 5% 6.17 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.77% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$129 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 518GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 460 465 452 479 479 479 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 480 Mixed 459 SusWrite 469 108% 479 MB/s	4K Read 42.2 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 58 196% 69.5 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 359 270% 360 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 133%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 2TB 21,039 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 927GB free Firmware: 0304 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 108 104 113 113 110 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	50.8% Above average	Read 68.4 Write 98.2 Mixed 85 SusWrite 108 67% 89.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.6 180% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 67%
SanDisk Extreme USB 3.0 64GB-$72 6,221 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 15GB free, PID 5580 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 178 173 174 171 173 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 251 Write 182 Mixed 51.1 SusWrite 175 206% 165 MB/s	4K Read 12.2 4K Write 10.9 4K Mixed 8.4 702% 10.5 MB/s	DQ Read 12.6 DQ Write 12.6 DQ Mixed 10.7 839% 12 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 111%
Samsung FIT USB 3.0 64GB-$25 4,291 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 41GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 22 18 22 21 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	13.9% Very poor	Read 37.1 Write 37.7 Mixed 16.8 SusWrite 20.2 36% 28 MB/s	4K Read 3.1 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 1.6 103% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 13.9% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 5,533 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	59.6% Above average	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 22.4 MC Mixed 18.3 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 19.8 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 68.2 59% 68.2 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 87%

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Gaming 43%

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Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-E/USB 3.1

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	252x
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 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	30x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	30x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 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: 61% - Good

Total price: $657

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