Asus Z97-WS

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very 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	126% 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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	29.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150226
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 20 '20 at 10:01
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

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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 i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Memory 96.9 1-Core 127 2-Core 228 87% 151 Pts	4-Core 388 8-Core 555 59% 472 Pts	64-Core 556 34% 556 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.3% 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 153 Parallax 130 114% 141 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 138 Splatting 115 102% 125 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% 168GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80000C00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 416 363 347 346 333 354 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 686 Write 501 Mixed 593 SusWrite 360 120% 535 MB/s	4K Read 38.6 4K Write 93.8 4K Mixed 49.8 172% 60.7 MB/s	DQ Read 517 DQ Write 509 DQ Mixed 603 428% 543 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 164%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 899GB free Firmware: 2AR10002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 92 91 91 92 93 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	55.3% Above average	Read 105 Write 23.8 Mixed 54.9 SusWrite 87.4 50% 67.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 145% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 55.3% 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: 166 167 168 173 166 160 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	73.2% Very good	Read 158 Write 160 Mixed 69.4 SusWrite 167 185% 138 MB/s	4K Read 2.1 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 1.4 205% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 98%

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 as expected (57^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 30.3 MC Mixed 24.9 79% 27.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 23.8 SC Mixed 24.3 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 50.8 79% 50.8 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 89%

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

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Gaming 97%

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Desktop 85%

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Workstation 81%

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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