Asus Z97-E/USB 3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Jet ski	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 81.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	43.8% 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	153% 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	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, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-E/USB 3.1 (all builds)
Memory	3.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160316
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 25 '21 at 20:41
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Memory 91.6 1-Core 108 2-Core 187 76% 129 Pts	4-Core 409 8-Core 410 55% 409 Pts	64-Core 409 25% 409 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% AMD(1002 0B37) CLim: 1266 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.11.2 Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	43.8% Average	Lighting 52.8 Reflection 60.8 Parallax 78.6 43% 64.1 fps	MRender 63.9 Gravity 61.7 Splatting 44.6 45% 56.7 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$68 97,624 User benchmarks, average bench 204% 320GB free (System drive) Firmware: 211070WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 637 436 434 435 436 436 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	153% Outstanding	Read 621 Write 586 Mixed 539 SusWrite 469 125% 554 MB/s	4K Read 45.8 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 64.4 213% 75.3 MB/s	DQ Read 777 DQ Write 726 DQ Mixed 916 643% 807 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 153% Great: 237%
HyperX Fury 240GB-$193 27,826 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 149GB free Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 149 135 143 119 143 137 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	73.2% Very good	Read 344 Write 209 Mixed 227 SusWrite 138 51% 229 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 96.6 4K Mixed 39.5 144% 54.6 MB/s	DQ Read 93.5 DQ Write 205 DQ Mixed 151 114% 150 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 84%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 255GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 324 395 362 352 356 346 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	120% Outstanding	Read 461 Write 451 Mixed 382 SusWrite 356 93% 413 MB/s	4K Read 45.4 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 60.6 203% 71.2 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 361 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 134%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 65GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 47 46 47 46 46 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	36.3% Below average	Read 79.1 Write 69 Mixed 54.8 SusWrite 46.7 46% 62.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 69%
WD WD7502AAEX-00Y9A0 750GB 4,731 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 208GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 97 96 97 97 97 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	53.6% Above average	Read 89.7 Write 93.1 Mixed 90.2 SusWrite 96.5 69% 92.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 184% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 77%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C11 2x4GB 171 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	57.6% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 21.3 MC Mixed 17.7 57% 19.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 16.7 49% 17.1 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 61%

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Gaming 43%

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Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-E/USB 3.1

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	252x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	104x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	67x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	65x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	57x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	38x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	30x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	30x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	24x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	63x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	14x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	13x

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Value: 61% - Good

Total price: $657

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	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 $184	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