Asus Z97-WS

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 93.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	61.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-WS (all builds)
Memory	27.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140530
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 28 '17 at 20:36
Run Duration	249 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Memory 97.7 1-Core 138 2-Core 263 94% 166 Pts	4-Core 482 8-Core 745 76% 614 Pts	64-Core 748 46% 748 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 93.6% 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 859B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.49 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 93% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 358GB free Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	139% Outstanding	Read 778 Write 661 Mixed 711 160% 717 MB/s	4K Read 53.7 4K Write 160 4K Mixed 37.5 214% 83.7 MB/s	DQ Read 55.6 DQ Write 174 DQ Mixed 35.9 50% 88.4 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 139% Great: 283%
Samsung 840 Pro 512GB-$129 14,996 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 227GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11610 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1665 (B1) Unknown 97 97 89 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 56 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 120 (EB) Unknown 99 99 718 (F1) Unknown 99 99 38430132038	61.5% Good	Read 370 Write 164 Mixed 294 61% 276 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 72.9 4K Mixed 20.2 112% 41.5 MB/s	DQ Read 32.1 DQ Write 141 DQ Mixed 20.3 35% 64.6 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 118%
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 77GB free Firmware: EXT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 13461 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 817 (B1) Unknown 98 98 24 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 45 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 781 (F1) Unknown 99 99 23407206916	64.3% Good	Read 374 Write 261 Mixed 264 66% 299 MB/s	4K Read 37 4K Write 52.8 4K Mixed 18.4 108% 36.1 MB/s	DQ Read 37.4 DQ Write 53.7 DQ Mixed 77.8 50% 56.3 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 126%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 7TB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 6 (03) Spinup time 253 253 8391 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2744 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 14961 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2317 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 814 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1929 (C2) HDA temperature 114 98 38 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 14 (C8) Write error rate 200 198 96
Poor: 44% Great: 85%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 7TB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 7 (03) Spinup time 253 253 8666 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2814 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 15376 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2393 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 842 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1971 (C2) HDA temperature 115 97 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 6 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 4 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 426 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 32
Poor: 44% Great: 85%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 7TB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 192 190 11953 (03) Spinup time 253 253 8183 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2812 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 15355 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2383 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 839 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1972 (C2) HDA temperature 114 97 38 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 196 196 1444 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 196 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 24 (C8) Write error rate 200 1 2
Poor: 44% Great: 85%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 7TB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 7 (03) Spinup time 253 253 8550 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2741 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 14870 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2307 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 807 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1933 (C2) HDA temperature 115 97 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 72 (C8) Write error rate 200 199 1
Poor: 44% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
EVGA SuperSC DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 285 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	MC Read 33.4 MC Write 33.7 MC Mixed 28.9 91% 32 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 25.9 SC Mixed 28.7 73% 25.6 GB/s	Latency 47.4 84% 47.4 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 90%

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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 $499Bench 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 $84Bench 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: 63% - Good

Total price: $1,250

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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