Asus Z97-WS

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 78.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	108% 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	130% 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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-WS (all builds)
Memory	30.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 19 '20 at 22:13
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	Memory 97.8 1-Core 138 2-Core 264 94% 166 Pts	4-Core 318 8-Core 640 56% 479 Pts	64-Core 639 40% 639 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85E8) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 154 Parallax 131 114% 142 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 139 Splatting 114 102% 126 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SK hynix BC501 HFM256GDJTNG-8310A 256GB 30,266 User benchmarks, average bench 123% 170GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80000C00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 347 360 326 337 368 351 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 718 Write 620 Mixed 624 SusWrite 348 130% 578 MB/s	4K Read 42.4 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 57.4 194% 68.9 MB/s	DQ Read 258 DQ Write 628 DQ Mixed 58 154% 315 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 164%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 921GB free Firmware: 2AR10002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 87 85 82 84 81 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	51.3% Above average	Read 98.4 Write 8.8 Mixed 28.3 SusWrite 80 39% 53.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 59%
WD My Book 25EE 8TB 12,029 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 3TB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 173 178 184 184 175 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Read 187 Write 187 Mixed 68 SusWrite 178 205% 155 MB/s	4K Read 2.1 4K Write 4.8 4K Mixed 1.6 226% 2.83 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 98%
SanDisk Cruzer Glide 16GB 33,521 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 10GB free, PID 5575 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 8 9.4 10 9.4 9.9 9.9 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	16.2% Very poor	Read 31.8 Write 12.8 Mixed 13.3 SusWrite 9.4 20% 16.8 MB/s	4K Read 5.1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 3.4 226% 3.73 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 16.2% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ares DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 1,222 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	MC Read 31.3 MC Write 32.6 MC Mixed 27 86% 30.3 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 29.8 75% 26.1 GB/s	Latency 46.9 85% 46.9 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 89%

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Gaming 97%

Nuclear submarine

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 $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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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