Asus Z97-WS

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	19.2% 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)
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-WS (all builds)
Memory	28.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160114
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 23 '19 at 08:04
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3-$209 19,313 User benchmarks, average bench 73% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Memory 96.3 1-Core 117 2-Core 226 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 387 8-Core 615 62% 501 Pts	64-Core 617 38% 617 Pts
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 81%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-X-$781 8,241 User benchmarks, average bench 59% AMD(1002 0B36) CLim: 1000 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.5.2 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	19.2% Very poor	Lighting 0.07 Reflection 56.4 Parallax 103 0% 53.3 fps	MRender 56.6 Gravity 75.3 Splatting 72 56% 67.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 19.2% Great: 65%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor M6e PCIe M.2 256GB-$208 1,444 User benchmarks, average bench 117% 120GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.06 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 481 489 549 562 530 563 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 685 Write 527 Mixed 368 SusWrite 529 118% 527 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 83.3 4K Mixed 42 152% 53.7 MB/s	DQ Read 408 DQ Write 208 DQ Mixed 202 178% 272 MB/s
Poor: 87% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 129%
Qnap iSCSI Storage 6.5TB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 2TB free Firmware: 4.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 82 82 82 82 82 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	22.3% Poor	Read 95.2 Write 83.4 Mixed 91.1 SusWrite 82.1 20% 88 MB/s	4K Read 11.8 4K Write 8.8 4K Mixed 10.1 36% 10.2 MB/s	DQ Read 90.9 DQ Write 23.3 DQ Mixed 39.9 34% 51.4 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 22.3% Great: 25%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$185 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 171 172 173 173 172 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 192 Write 160 Mixed 97.6 SusWrite 172 114% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.1 207% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 1866 C9 4x8GB 2,133 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1904 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	72.3% Very good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 25.7 MC Mixed 22.7 71% 25 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 23.5 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 52.9 76% 52.9 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 86%

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Gaming 97%

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Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 81%

Aircraft carrier

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 $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	11x

SSD
MX500 1TBCrucial $74Bench 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: $1,225

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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 $45	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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16