Asus Z97-WS

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 59% Gunboat


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 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 98.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	64.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	115% 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	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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-WS (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160114
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Feb 21 '17 at 23:42
Run Duration	213 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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 i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 0.8 GHz, turbo 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.6% Outstanding	Memory 98 1-Core 144 2-Core 286 98% 176 Pts	4-Core 534 8-Core 774 82% 654 Pts	64-Core 773 48% 773 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390X-$340 26,573 User benchmarks, average bench 54% XFX(1682 9395) CLim: 1150 MHz, MLim: 1650 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.1.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.3% Good	Lighting 80.8 Reflection 68.8 Parallax 93.4 66% 81 fps	MRender 67.7 Gravity 67.5 Splatting 85 61% 73.4 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 57%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 240GB 13,500 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 139GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 982 Write 295 Mixed 438 124% 572 MB/s	4K Read 41.7 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 23.9 153% 58.9 MB/s	DQ Read 303 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 85.9 124% 231 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 133%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 107GB free Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	232% Outstanding	Read 1,990 Write 902 Mixed 1,142 295% 1,345 MB/s	4K Read 52.1 4K Write 191 4K Mixed 55.4 251% 99.4 MB/s	DQ Read 673 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 202 229% 401 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 232% Great: 243%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 120GB 699 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 86GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	58.8% Above average	Read 381 Write 125 Mixed 169 49% 225 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 86.2 4K Mixed 16.8 106% 43 MB/s	DQ Read 102 DQ Write 121 DQ Mixed 36 48% 86.5 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 94%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 8,981 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 689GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	48.1% Average	Read 25.5 Write 142 Mixed 40.3 51% 69.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.24 4K Mixed 0.68 142% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 184%
WD Black 500GB (2008)-$95 28,095 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 321GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 358 (03) Spinup time 138 137 4058 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3151 (05) Reallocated sector count 199 199 7 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 32 32 50085 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2731 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 2123 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1027 (C2) HDA temperature 114 97 29 (C4) Reallocation count 199 199 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 4	70.7% Very good	Read 133 Write 114 Mixed 104 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 2.05 4K Mixed 0.43 121% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 69%
WD Black 500GB (2008)-$95 28,095 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 241GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 141 138 3950 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3271 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 31 31 50779 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2861 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 2243 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1027 (C2) HDA temperature 115 98 28 (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 2 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	67.1% Good	Read 120 Write 114 Mixed 111 87% 115 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.41 109% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown SP008GXLYU240NSA 2x8GB 52 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	MC Read 32 MC Write 32.8 MC Mixed 28.1 88% 31 GB/s	SC Read 22.2 SC Write 26.5 SC Mixed 26.9 72% 25.2 GB/s	Latency 46 87% 46 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 88%

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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 $485Bench 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 $66Bench 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: 65% - Good

Total price: $1,217

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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) $37	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