Asus Z97-E

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	32.8% 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	77.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-E (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150520
Uptime	7.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 29 '19 at 03:17
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.2% Outstanding	Memory 95.1 1-Core 126 2-Core 252 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 509 8-Core 479 67% 494 Pts	64-Core 484 30% 484 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 91.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3202) CLim: 1405 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing below potential (65^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	32.8% Below average	Lighting 42.5 Reflection 43.3 Parallax 38.8 35% 41.5 fps	MRender 39.1 Gravity 34.5 Splatting 34.6 29% 36.1 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Z400s 256GB-$221 10,770 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 141GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z2201000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 248 297 300 308 305 307 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	77.4% Very good	Read 425 Write 289 Mixed 229 SusWrite 294 69% 309 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 13.5 114% 50.4 MB/s	DQ Read 173 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 87.4 105% 180 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 84%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 54GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 376 225 113 114 112 110 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 467 Write 444 Mixed 432 SusWrite 175 85% 380 MB/s	4K Read 40.5 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 63.5 208% 75.7 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 361 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 133%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 347GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 133 136 146 145 144 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	83% Excellent	Read 150 Write 137 Mixed 35.7 SusWrite 139 84% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown IM34GU48C16-999HB 2x4GB 301 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1632 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	59.9% Above average	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 18.1 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 21.8 SC Mixed 18.4 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 56.8 70% 56.8 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 60%

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

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

Jet ski

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 $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	30x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 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 $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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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