Asus Z97-E

Performance Results


Gaming 114% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 96.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	120% 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	40.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus Z97-E (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141208
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 27 '19 at 07:06
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^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-$50 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	Memory 95.3 1-Core 136 2-Core 274 94% 168 Pts	4-Core 559 8-Core 559 75% 559 Pts	64-Core 551 34% 551 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% EVGA(3842 3173) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Lighting 160 Reflection 151 Parallax 151 130% 154 fps	MRender 186 Gravity 133 Splatting 108 113% 143 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 162GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1E1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 223 199 211 288 218 217 MB/s Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	40.1% Average	Read 220 Write 103 Mixed 86.5 SusWrite 226 36% 159 MB/s	4K Read 19 4K Write 21.6 4K Mixed 12.4 56% 17.7 MB/s	DQ Read 14.3 DQ Write 15.6 DQ Mixed 14.8 11% 14.9 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 100%
Seagate BarraCuda SSD ZA1000CM10002 1TB 3,599 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 750GB free Firmware: STAS1024 SusWrite @10s intervals: 274 422 316 319 496 497 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 476 Mixed 379 SusWrite 387 99% 439 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 47.9 168% 65.4 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 226 204% 308 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 1302 1600 CL9 Series 0215 CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9 1302 1600 CL9 Series 16GB 31 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	64.2% Good	MC Read 22.4 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 20.2 63% 21.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 23.1 SC Mixed 20 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 56.1 71% 56.1 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 65%

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

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus Z97-E

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	280x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	181x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	72x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	153x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	48x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	40x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	47x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $85Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	30x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	30x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	31x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	25x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	21x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	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