Asus Z97-E

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 87%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	90.6% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-E (all builds)
Memory	29 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160223
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 09 '21 at 05:22
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Memory 92.9 1-Core 126 2-Core 246 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 437 8-Core 655 68% 546 Pts	64-Core 635 39% 635 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 466.63 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.8% Very good	Lighting 97.6 Reflection 117 Parallax 104 80% 106 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 98.5 Splatting 87.5 78% 95.7 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 256GB-$68 40,725 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 170GB free (System drive) Firmware: P1021A SusWrite @10s intervals: 209 441 455 446 437 444 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Read 471 Write 431 Mixed 410 SusWrite 405 97% 430 MB/s	4K Read 11.1 4K Write 35.9 4K Mixed 48.9 98% 32 MB/s	DQ Read 255 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 258 207% 286 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 118%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 758GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 90 90 89 90 90 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	50.3% Above average	Read 88 Write 79.5 Mixed 49 SusWrite 87.5 56% 76 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.5 91% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CMZ16GX3M2A1866C10 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1866C9 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1866C10 0215 CMZ16GX3M2A1866C9 32GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1800, 1800, 1800, 1800 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	63.5% Good	MC Read 23.3 MC Write 23.5 MC Mixed 18.2 62% 21.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 21.9 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 62.3 64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 71%

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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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Typical Z97-E Builds (Compare 695 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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	277x
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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	30x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	30x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	31x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16