Asus Z97-E

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	121% 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.
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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus Z97-E (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160223
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 30 '21 at 14:19
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85% Excellent	Memory 84.3 1-Core 128 2-Core 256 86% 156 Pts	4-Core 461 8-Core 692 72% 577 Pts	64-Core 689 43% 689 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% EVGA(3842 2075) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 471.41 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	121% Outstanding	Lighting 160 Reflection 154 Parallax 174 130% 163 fps	MRender 190 Gravity 134 Splatting 119 117% 148 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ssstc CV8-8E128-HP 128GB 1,207 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: V881 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 518 Write 376 Mixed 403 96% 432 MB/s	4K Read 44 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 52.1 192% 69.2 MB/s	DQ Read 273 DQ Write 294 DQ Mixed 116 133% 228 MB/s
Poor: 42% Great: 91%
Spcc Solid State Disk 1TB 17,192 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 692GB free Firmware: U0121A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 418 453 457 455 458 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	97.7% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 439 Mixed 434 SusWrite 404 101% 448 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 24.5 140% 57.6 MB/s	DQ Read 167 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 32.5 88% 180 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GB 48,796 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	58.2% Above average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 21.9 MC Mixed 18.1 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 20.5 SC Mixed 17.6 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 72.9 55% 72.9 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 63%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	9	6	144	27"	1280 720	AOC2702 27G2G4

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 35%

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Motherboard: Asus Z97-E

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	280x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	181x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	72x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	152x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	48x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 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	25x
BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 2x8GBCrucialBench 55%, 48,796 samples	21x

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Value: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	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