Asus Z97-E/USB 3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 81.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	9.88% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	96.3% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-E/USB 3.1 (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160316
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	May 22 '20 at 22:47
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Memory 92.3 1-Core 118 2-Core 228 83% 146 Pts	4-Core 380 8-Core 596 60% 488 Pts	64-Core 598 37% 598 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro P400 5,817 User benchmarks, average bench 9% HP(103C 11BE) 2GB CLim: 1252 MHz, MLim: 1002 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 442.50 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	9.88% Terrible	Lighting 12.1 Reflection 10.4 Parallax 9.22 10% 10.6 fps	MRender 10.2 Gravity 9.93 Splatting 15.1 10% 11.8 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 9.88% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 500GB-$40 13,478 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 309GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 307 403 414 417 246 414 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	96.3% Outstanding	Read 448 Write 397 Mixed 325 SusWrite 367 86% 384 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 88.3 4K Mixed 40.7 140% 52 MB/s	DQ Read 271 DQ Write 293 DQ Mixed 210 178% 258 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 96.3% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 195 195 194 196 196 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 124 Mixed 85.2 SusWrite 190 107% 146 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 114%
LSI 9650SE-2LP 1TB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 684GB free Firmware: 4.08 SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 34 35 36 35 36 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	43.1% Average	Read 116 Write 24.3 Mixed 38.4 SusWrite 34.1 39% 53.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.5 117% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 101%
USB DISK 2.0 1GB 202 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 0GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.3 4.1 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	5.13% Terrible	Read 16.4 Write 4.2 Mixed 4.2 SusWrite 4.2 8% 7.25 MB/s	4K Read 7.8 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 29% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.13% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT102464BA160B.C16 2x8GB 11,058 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	59% Above average	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 21.4 MC Mixed 17 57% 20 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 19.3 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 61%

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Gaming 43%

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Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-E/USB 3.1

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	252x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	104x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	67x

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 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	30x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	30x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 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: 61% - Good

Total price: $657

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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