Asus Z97-E

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 88.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	102% 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	98.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-E (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160223
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 15 '19 at 18:49
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Memory 97.7 1-Core 104 2-Core 259 86% 154 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 707 69% 566 Pts	64-Core 700 43% 700 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3366) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	102% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 143 Parallax 116 107% 130 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 129 Splatting 105 94% 115 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 121GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 348 297 288 239 273 266 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	Read 511 Write 362 Mixed 324 SusWrite 285 83% 371 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 98.2 4K Mixed 42.9 153% 57.1 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 197 176% 265 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 103%
Kingston RBU-SC400S37128G 128GB 864 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 34GB free Firmware: 505ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 91 88 103 91 99 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	Read 349 Write 158 Mixed 164 SusWrite 96.7 42% 192 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 40 157% 59.5 MB/s	DQ Read 206 DQ Write 168 DQ Mixed 119 108% 164 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 564GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 180 177 179 180 181 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 142 Mixed 89 SusWrite 177 107% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 156% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 112%
ST350083 0A 500GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 465GB free, PID 2506 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 32 36 32 34 34 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	14.5% Very poor	Read 19 Write 10.2 Mixed 12.8 SusWrite 33.3 26% 18.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 77% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 14.5% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown AG34G2130U1S 4x4GB 120 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2197 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 29.8 MC Mixed 25 79% 27.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 25.6 68% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 47.3 85% 47.3 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 79%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 35%

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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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	30x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $51Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16