Asus Z97-WS

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 30% Raft	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 75.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	36.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.

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

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus Z97-WS (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160114
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 11 '19 at 20:39
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4440-$128 81,111 User benchmarks, average bench 61% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	75.6% Very good	Memory 92.8 1-Core 97.9 2-Core 197 75% 129 Pts	4-Core 339 8-Core 344 46% 341 Pts	64-Core 375 23% 375 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% EVGA(3842 2774) 2GB CLim: 1267 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	36.9% Below average	Lighting 44.7 Reflection 40.4 Parallax 53.6 36% 46.2 fps	MRender 55.3 Gravity 49.9 Splatting 37.7 38% 47.7 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3FD6SD Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 422 Write 333 Mixed 106 63% 287 MB/s	4K Read 26.4 4K Write 78.3 4K Mixed 14.7 100% 39.8 MB/s	DQ Read 262 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 102 115% 196 MB/s
Poor: 44% Great: 82%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$30 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 918GB free Firmware: MS2OA800 SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 191 199 171 199 199 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 195 Write 141 Mixed 35.7 SusWrite 188 101% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 133% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston ACR16D3LU1NGG/4G Samsung M378B5173DB0-CK0 ACR16D3LU1NGG/4G Samsung M378B5173QH0-CK0 16GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	61.9% Good	MC Read 22 MC Write 23.7 MC Mixed 18.6 61% 21.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 20.7 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 63%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 97%

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 81%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-WS - $318

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	76x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	22x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	13x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	13x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	13x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	11x

SSD
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	6x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $168Bench 416%, 138,083 samples	5x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	5x

RAM
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	6x
RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C9 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 54%, 8,026 samples	5x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	4x

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Value: 65% - Good

Total price: $1,217

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