Asus Z97-E/USB 3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 88.5%, 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	120% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). 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	26.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160316
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 23 '19 at 14:19
Run Duration	249 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing as expected (59^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 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Memory 95.6 1-Core 130 2-Core 244 89% 156 Pts	4-Core 439 8-Core 675 69% 557 Pts	64-Core 693 43% 693 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Gigabyte(1458 37C2) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing below potential (52^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 131 Reflection 119 Parallax 124 106% 125 fps	MRender 167 Gravity 120 Splatting 94.5 100% 127 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 327GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 335 419 416 446 446 438 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 468 Write 457 Mixed 370 SusWrite 417 96% 428 MB/s	4K Read 40.2 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 55.4 195% 71.5 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 355 266% 354 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 134%
Samsung 860 EVO M.2 1TB 27,887 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 273GB free Firmware: RVT22B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 336 419 419 450 448 438 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 491 Write 460 Mixed 449 SusWrite 418 102% 454 MB/s	4K Read 38 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 50.8 183% 67.7 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 355 269% 363 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 133%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 149GB free Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 876 582 569 558 556 546 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	313% Outstanding	Read 2,162 Write 2,008 Mixed 1,573 SusWrite 615 355% 1,589 MB/s	4K Read 64.4 4K Write 283 4K Mixed 95.6 370% 148 MB/s	DQ Read 1,854 DQ Write 1,581 DQ Mixed 1,716 1,286% 1,717 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 313% Great: 340%
Seagate Barracuda Desktop 5TB-$124 3,845 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 3TB free Firmware: CC49 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 170 144 144 155 173 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	65.8% Good	Read 70.8 Write 120 Mixed 22.2 SusWrite 157 67% 92.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 5.7 4K Mixed 0.7 208% 2.33 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 90%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 16GB-$6 19,339 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 14GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.4 7.4 9.5 9.5 9.5 8.5 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	12.7% Very poor	Read 29.2 Write 9.7 Mixed 14.5 SusWrite 8.8 18% 15.6 MB/s	4K Read 4.3 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 2.5 162% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 12.7% Great: 35%
WD My Passport 0827 2TB 4,635 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1TB free, PID 0827 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 23 22 23 23 23 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	15.5% Very poor	Read 31.2 Write 26.5 Mixed 25.8 SusWrite 22.8 35% 26.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 94% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 15.5% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GB 562 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	69.1% Good	MC Read 24.3 MC Write 25.4 MC Mixed 21.4 68% 23.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 22.6 61% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 55.2 72% 55.2 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 101%

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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 $109Bench 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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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 $179	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