Asus Z97-WS

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 55% 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 99.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	59% 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)
Boot Drive	110% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-WS (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160114
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 30 '17 at 01:07
Run Duration	214 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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 4 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.6% Outstanding	Memory 98.1 1-Core 144 2-Core 285 98% 176 Pts	4-Core 551 8-Core 751 82% 651 Pts	64-Core 758 47% 758 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 99.6% 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: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.4.4 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	59% Above average	Lighting 74.2 Reflection 62.6 Parallax 87.7 60% 74.8 fps	MRender 61.9 Gravity 60.7 Splatting 78.6 56% 67.1 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 57%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 240GB 13,500 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 173GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 997 Write 301 Mixed 431 125% 576 MB/s	4K Read 37.4 4K Write 84.6 4K Mixed 23.1 131% 48.4 MB/s	DQ Read 301 DQ Write 287 DQ Mixed 83.6 120% 224 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 133%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 110GB free Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	217% Outstanding	Read 1,998 Write 899 Mixed 1,163 297% 1,353 MB/s	4K Read 48.7 4K Write 143 4K Mixed 51.7 216% 81.2 MB/s	DQ Read 437 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 192 195% 317 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 217% Great: 243%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 120GB 699 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 62GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	56.2% Above average	Read 407 Write 118 Mixed 174 51% 233 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 69.8 4K Mixed 16.6 95% 36.9 MB/s	DQ Read 100 DQ Write 119 DQ Mixed 36.8 48% 85.2 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 94%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 8,981 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 582GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	162% Outstanding	Read 308 Write 258 Mixed 224 197% 263 MB/s	4K Read 1.66 4K Write 4.48 4K Mixed 0.83 244% 2.32 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 162% Great: 184%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 500GB-$49 47,332 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 466GB free Firmware: 0003LVM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 79 124968428 (03) Spinup time 100 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1709 (05) Reallocated sector count 85 85 326 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 8739099495 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 -58475979723276 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1690 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 16808 (BC) Unknown 100 99 7 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 52 488439837 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 31 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 27 27 146115 (C2) HDA temperature 29 48 21474836509 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 47 39 124968428 (C4) Reallocation count 89 89 99544457029700 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 3 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 3 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	49.1% Average	Read 87.2 Write 83.8 Mixed 86.6 65% 85.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.06 4K Mixed 0.4 90% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 58%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 500GB-$49 47,332 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 416GB free Firmware: 0003LVM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 96 47803415 (03) Spinup time 100 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1523 (05) Reallocated sector count 98 98 58 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 8787644295 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 -4922032508242 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1502 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 162 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 46 505282590 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 67 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 21 21 159601 (C2) HDA temperature 30 54 -8589934562 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 46 43 47803415 (C4) Reallocation count 87 87 124953483554026 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 3 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 3 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	50.8% Above average	Read 90.8 Write 86.2 Mixed 75 63% 84 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 0.96 4K Mixed 0.43 92% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 58%

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 2400 MHz clocked @ 2402 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	88.1% Excellent	MC Read 32.1 MC Write 32.9 MC Mixed 27.5 88% 30.8 GB/s	SC Read 22.9 SC Write 26.3 SC Mixed 26.7 72% 25.3 GB/s	Latency 45.8 87% 45.8 ns
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 88.1% 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 $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