Asus Z97-E

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 58% Gunboat


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 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 94.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	71% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	104% 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-E (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160223
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 18 '20 at 11:08
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	0%

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 i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.4% Outstanding	Memory 95 1-Core 135 2-Core 248 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 508 8-Core 712 77% 610 Pts	64-Core 709 44% 709 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 94.4% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1618 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	71% Very good	Lighting 90.3 Reflection 94.8 Parallax 90.8 74% 92 fps	MRender 86 Gravity 82.9 Splatting 75.7 66% 81.5 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M550 256GB-$152 8,333 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 119GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 261 356 355 343 325 303 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 466 Write 473 Mixed 328 SusWrite 324 89% 398 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 45.7 165% 62.3 MB/s	DQ Read 330 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 234 204% 303 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 113%
Seagate FireCuda SSHD 2TB (2016)-$79 133,734 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 653GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 121 120 121 119 121 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Read 152 Write 135 Mixed 29.4 SusWrite 120 79% 109 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 1.9 351% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 110%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 966GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 133 134 134 133 133 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Read 189 Write 179 Mixed 81 SusWrite 133 106% 145 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 0.9 207% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLE4G3D1608DE1TX0. 2x4GB 818 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1632 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	65.1% Good	MC Read 23 MC Write 23.3 MC Mixed 19.8 63% 22 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 21.3 61% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 57.2 70% 57.2 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 65.1% Great: 65%

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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%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

Jet ski

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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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