Asus Z97-E

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 91.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	84% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	102% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 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, 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, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z97-E (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160223
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 30 '20 at 14:32
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	Memory 96.2 1-Core 131 2-Core 261 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 506 8-Core 493 67% 499 Pts	64-Core 507 31% 507 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% PNY(196E 1312) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2280 MHz, MLim: 3038 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	84% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 98.4 Parallax 94 88% 100 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 95.1 Splatting 81.1 76% 94.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0C SusWrite @10s intervals: 314 437 365 150 150 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 468 Write 428 Mixed 402 SusWrite 261 88% 390 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 148 4K Mixed 44.4 180% 73.9 MB/s	DQ Read 236 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 44.7 100% 201 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 95%
Seagate ST31000333AS 1TB-$750 12,067 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 152GB free Firmware: CC4H SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 65 64 64 65 66 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	44.4% Average	Read 89.8 Write 91.3 Mixed 50.3 SusWrite 64.8 54% 74.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 122,541 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	MC Read 25.3 MC Write 26.6 MC Mixed 23.7 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 23 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 53.1 75% 53.1 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 72%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 35%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-E

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	275x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	181x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	72x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	151x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	48x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	40x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	47x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	30x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	30x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	30x
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	24x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	21x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

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