Asus Z97-E/USB 3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 117% UFO	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 99% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	131% 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	161% 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	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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-E/USB 3.1 (all builds)
Memory	29.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160316
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 03 '18 at 23:16
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90% Outstanding	Memory 95 1-Core 95.8 2-Core 226 79% 139 Pts	4-Core 458 8-Core 716 72% 587 Pts	64-Core 671 42% 671 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6393) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.1 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	131% Outstanding	Lighting 184 Reflection 203 Parallax 200 150% 195 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 182 Splatting 129 119% 147 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB (2018)-$59 8,648 User benchmarks, average bench 193% 93GB free (System drive) Firmware: 101110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 492 368 367 363 350 360 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	161% Outstanding	Read 734 Write 712 Mixed 698 SusWrite 383 142% 632 MB/s	4K Read 47.3 4K Write 154 4K Mixed 68.5 241% 90 MB/s	DQ Read 777 DQ Write 727 DQ Mixed 801 588% 768 MB/s
Poor: 141% ↑ This bench: 161% Great: 228%
Adata SP900 256GB-$300 9,430 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 54GB free Firmware: 5.8.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 126 105 125 126 127 MB/s Performing below potential (63^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	77.7% Very good	Read 284 Write 237 Mixed 262 SusWrite 122 51% 227 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 43.7 165% 66.1 MB/s	DQ Read 121 DQ Write 237 DQ Mixed 116 106% 158 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 89%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$109 43,695 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 735GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 77 77 78 77 79 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	38.4% Below average	Read 56.3 Write 62.2 Mixed 67.3 SusWrite 77.3 49% 65.8 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 147% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 69%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1.5TB 153 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 666GB free, PID 0200 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 85 86 85 85 85 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	35.8% Below average	Read 82.2 Write 84.9 Mixed 34.1 SusWrite 85 96% 71.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.5 76% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GB 6,467 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1632 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	64.1% Good	MC Read 22.8 MC Write 22.3 MC Mixed 19.6 62% 21.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 24.8 SC Mixed 21.3 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 57 70% 57 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 65%

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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 $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: 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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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