Asus Z97-E

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	58.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-E (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141112
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Mar 29 '17 at 04:36
Run Duration	232 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Memory 96.2 1-Core 128 2-Core 248 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 466 62% 467 Pts	64-Core 475 29% 475 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1642 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	58.6% Above average	Lighting 72.3 Reflection 78.4 Parallax 75.8 59% 75.5 fps	MRender 84.5 Gravity 68.9 Splatting 62.9 58% 72.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 153GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2709 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 592 (B1) Unknown 99 99 17 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 59 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 29 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7285060672
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 598GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 110436616 (03) Spinup time 99 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2064 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 10999840 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3958 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1058 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 65 521863199 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 84 84 32036 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 55834574879 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -8654359099533 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2890812955 (F2) Unknown 100 253 111862631067	92.3% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 149 Mixed 141 116% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.16 72% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 112%
WD My Passport 0810 1TB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 182GB free Firmware: 1049 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 132 127 4400 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4326 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7786 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 936 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 145 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 183 183 51142 (C2) HDA temperature 114 96 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	42% Average	Read 72.1 Write 74.2 Mixed 76 56% 74.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.16 65% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 55%
Generic Flash Disk 4GB 16,068 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 4GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	7.86% Terrible	Read 27.2 Write 10.7 Mixed 16.1 20% 18 MB/s	4K Read 6.5 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.02 25% 2.18 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 7.86% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GB 9,885 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	69.1% Good	MC Read 24.6 MC Write 25.4 MC Mixed 21.3 68% 23.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 21.4 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 53.3 75% 53.3 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 69%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

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 $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	30x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16