ECS Z97I-DRONE

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is 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)
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.

Very high background CPU (39%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 23 months ago.

Motherboard	ECS Z97I-DRONE (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141031
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 28 '22 at 04:40
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	39%

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$53 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	70.7% Very good	Memory 74.8 1-Core 111 2-Core 226 76% 137 Pts	4-Core 375 8-Core 440 53% 407 Pts	64-Core 438 27% 438 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Gigabyte(1458 36BC) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1418 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	43.8% Average	Lighting 51.7 Reflection 67.1 Parallax 57.5 42% 58.8 fps	MRender 68 Gravity 54.5 Splatting 52.3 47% 58.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS900 120GB-$25 42,924 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS900613 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 63 76 48 77 45 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable		Write 88.8 Mixed 138 SusWrite 66.3 23% 97.7 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 49.5 4K Mixed 26.4 96% 33.2 MB/s	DQ Read 239 DQ Write 19.8 DQ Mixed 0 33% 86.4 MB/s
Poor: 42% Great: 87%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 621GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 151 158 157 157 158 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 147 Mixed 102 SusWrite 156 107% 145 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 212% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600 CL9 Series 2x8GB 7,092 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	56.8% Above average	MC Read 19 MC Write 21.8 MC Mixed 18.6 57% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 21.5 SC Mixed 19.2 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 90.8 44% 90.8 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 63%

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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 Z97I-DRONE Builds (Compare 14 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 17%

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Motherboard: ECS Z97I-DRONE

CPU
Core i3-4360Intel $77Bench 65%, 1,789 samples	4x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	3x
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	3x

GPU
GTX 760Nvidia $209Bench 26%, 161,132 samples	4x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	3x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	2x

SSD
1100 SATA 256GBMicronBench 73%, 16,265 samples	5x
CS900 120GBPNY $25Bench 69%, 42,924 samples	3x
SSD Plus 240GBSanDisk $28Bench 61%, 133,640 samples	1x

RAM
1600 CL9 Series 2x8GBUnknownBench 55%, 7,092 samples	4x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GBHyperXBench 51%, 27,462 samples	3x
Ripjaws DDR3 1333 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 46%, 3,471 samples	2x

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Value: 46% - Average

Total price: $286

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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 $40	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