Asus Z97-WS

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 90.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	37.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	129% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z97-WS (all builds)
Memory	30.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150618
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 10 '20 at 02:37
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (60^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Memory 93.1 1-Core 142 2-Core 265 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 476 8-Core 716 74% 596 Pts	64-Core 710 44% 710 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 3967) CLim: 1570 MHz, MLim: 1757 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	37.2% Below average	Lighting 48.6 Reflection 47 Parallax 45.2 40% 46.9 fps	MRender 38.8 Gravity 42.5 Splatting 38.3 32% 39.9 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 37.2% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 140GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 583 537 491 312 312 310 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 619 Write 524 Mixed 422 SusWrite 424 112% 497 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 46.8 181% 70.8 MB/s	DQ Read 403 DQ Write 641 DQ Mixed 506 388% 517 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 236%
WD My Book 25EE 8TB 12,029 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 1.5TB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 36 36 36 36 36 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	27.7% Poor	Read 38.6 Write 36 Mixed 32.7 SusWrite 36.2 49% 35.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 1.4 206% 2.47 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 27.7% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905471-074.A00LF 9905471-074.A00LF ASU16D3LU1KFG/8G ASU16D3LU1KFG/8G 32GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	60.1% Good	MC Read 22.3 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 16.6 57% 20.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 21 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 61.8 65% 61.8 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 60%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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%

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 $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	11x

SSD
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	6x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $169Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16