Asus Z97-E

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Speed boat	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 39% Jet ski


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 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 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	47.9% 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	206% 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	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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Motherboard	Asus Z97-E (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20160223
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 27 '21 at 02:26
Run Duration	375 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Memory 90.9 1-Core 126 2-Core 249 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 419 8-Core 658 66% 538 Pts	64-Core 659 41% 659 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 471.11 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	47.9% Average	Lighting 58.2 Reflection 68.9 Parallax 61.1 47% 62.7 fps	MRender 68.6 Gravity 59.5 Splatting 53.7 49% 60.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 88GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 466 202 197 196 195 192 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	206% Outstanding	Read 2012 Write 1,299 Mixed 536 SusWrite 241 225% 1,022 MB/s	4K Read 54.8 4K Write 167 4K Mixed 51.9 238% 91.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,060 DQ Write 725 DQ Mixed 815 629% 866 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 206% Great: 236%
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 163,917 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 684GB free Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 529 645 643 649 650 649 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	180% Outstanding	Read 740 Write 649 Mixed 600 SusWrite 628 147% 654 MB/s	4K Read 61.2 4K Write 154 4K Mixed 80.7 278% 98.7 MB/s	DQ Read 629 DQ Write 526 DQ Mixed 235 270% 463 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 180% Great: 255%
Samsung 870 QVO 2TB-$145 41,734 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 214GB free Firmware: SVQ01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 449 256 163 160 154 155 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 477 Mixed 439 SusWrite 223 92% 411 MB/s	4K Read 43.5 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 62.1 212% 77.2 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 355 267% 357 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 128%
Intel 510 Series 250GB 777 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 167GB free Firmware: PWG4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 285 312 311 312 312 311 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	65% Good	Read 414 Write 304 Mixed 281 SusWrite 307 73% 327 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 45.3 4K Mixed 24.1 87% 30.2 MB/s	DQ Read 77.1 DQ Write 48.6 DQ Mixed 34.3 33% 53.3 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 65%
WD WD80EZAZ-11TDBA0 8TB 1,009 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 3.5TB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 144 145 145 146 145 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Read 136 Write 144 Mixed 84 SusWrite 145 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 2.1 4K Write 4.8 4K Mixed 1.1 299% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX KHX1600C10D3/4G KHX1600C9D3/4GX KHX1600C10D3/4G 16GB 1,139 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	57.8% Above average	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 21.2 MC Mixed 16.8 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 18 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 62%

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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	275x
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 $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	30x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	30x
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 $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