Asus Z97-E

Performance Results


Gaming 112% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 95.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	118% 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	71.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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	13.8 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 08:09
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (85^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)	95.7% Outstanding	Memory 95.8 1-Core 136 2-Core 235 90% 156 Pts	4-Core 551 8-Core 554 74% 553 Pts	64-Core 539 33% 539 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 95.7% 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 below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	118% Outstanding	Lighting 158 Reflection 150 Parallax 150 128% 153 fps	MRender 185 Gravity 133 Splatting 108 112% 142 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 163GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1E1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 216 205 217 217 259 242 MB/s Performing below potential (60^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	71.1% Very good	Read 212 Write 162 Mixed 208 SusWrite 226 46% 202 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 75.3 4K Mixed 30.8 118% 43.9 MB/s	DQ Read 233 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 213 181% 261 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 100%
Seagate BarraCuda SSD ZA1000CM10002 1TB 3,599 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 750GB free Firmware: STAS1024 SusWrite @10s intervals: 270 427 317 318 497 499 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 520 Write 502 Mixed 378 SusWrite 388 100% 447 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 48.2 168% 65.3 MB/s	DQ Read 347 DQ Write 356 DQ Mixed 230 206% 311 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 way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	65.2% Good	MC Read 22.5 MC Write 23.3 MC Mixed 20.3 63% 22 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 21.6 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 54.6 73% 54.6 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.2% 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