Asus Z97-E/USB 3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 84.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	4.03% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	94.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-E/USB 3.1 (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160316
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 17 '20 at 09:40
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4590S-$79 11,598 User benchmarks, average bench 67% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84.4% Excellent	Memory 95.8 1-Core 106 2-Core 217 81% 140 Pts	4-Core 422 8-Core 431 57% 426 Pts	64-Core 440 27% 440 Pts
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 84.4% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8534) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.5107 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	4.03% Terrible	Lighting 4 Reflection 6.62 Parallax 6.75 3% 5.79 fps	MRender 9.62 Gravity 2.37 Splatting 7.96 6% 6.65 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.03% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDSCKKW480H6 480GB 1,815 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 395GB free (System drive) Firmware: LSF042C SusWrite @10s intervals: 354 342 164 120 112 118 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	94.2% Outstanding	Read 474 Write 430 Mixed 378 SusWrite 202 83% 371 MB/s	4K Read 29.6 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 44.9 159% 60.4 MB/s	DQ Read 289 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 236 198% 284 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 94.2% Great: 94%
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 417GB free Firmware: SBFKB1C3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 317 211 253 304 216 352 MB/s Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	38% Below average	Read 185 Write 90 Mixed 78.4 SusWrite 275 35% 157 MB/s	4K Read 13.2 4K Write 20.1 4K Mixed 10.1 44% 14.5 MB/s	DQ Read 12.5 DQ Write 15 DQ Mixed 12.5 10% 13.3 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 38% Great: 102%
Ibm-esxs ST3600057SS 600GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 559GB free Firmware: BA5A SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 193 191 194 194 194 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	112% Outstanding	Read 197 Write 197 Mixed 107 SusWrite 193 127% 174 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 4 4K Mixed 1.8 337% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLT4G3D1608DT2TXRG 2x4GB 372 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	64.8% Good	MC Read 23 MC Write 23.5 MC Mixed 20.2 64% 22.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 20.4 SC Mixed 19.9 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 54.5 73% 54.5 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 64.8% Great: 66%

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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 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-E/USB 3.1

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	254x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	105x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	68x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	65x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	57x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	38x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	32x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	30x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	24x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	63x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	14x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	13x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16