Asus Z97-WS

Performance Results


Gaming 111% UFO	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 85.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	130% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	100% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-WS (all builds)
Memory	27.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150618
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Oct 20 '20 at 23:06
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 4 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Memory 96.3 1-Core 127 2-Core 253 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 405 8-Core 670 66% 537 Pts	64-Core 669 41% 669 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6694) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 182 Reflection 189 Parallax 190 149% 187 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 180 Splatting 121 114% 141 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 319GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 293 302 306 287 283 281 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 300 Mixed 303 SusWrite 292 78% 349 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 40.5 153% 57.5 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 272 224% 320 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 133%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 702GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 165 165 167 168 165 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	97% Outstanding	Read 173 Write 159 Mixed 97.3 SusWrite 165 109% 149 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.2 243% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 97% Great: 109%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 734GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 115 115 115 116 114 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	66.8% Good	Read 118 Write 117 Mixed 102 SusWrite 114 84% 113 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 201% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 76%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 291GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 68 61 66 66 66 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	40.9% Average	Read 78.6 Write 64 Mixed 40.6 SusWrite 64.1 45% 61.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.4 88% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 83%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2133 C11 4x8GB 659 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	78.9% Very good	MC Read 29.2 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 25 79% 27.7 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 23.7 SC Mixed 26.1 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 53.1 75% 53.1 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 81%

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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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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