Asus Z97-E/USB 3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	14.6% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	114% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

20 months ago, 20 months ago, 20 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z97-E/USB 3.1 (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20160316
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 08 '22 at 02:10
Run Duration	304 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-4160-$79 48,506 User benchmarks, average bench 55% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.2% Good	Memory 93.3 1-Core 81.7 2-Core 182 70% 119 Pts	4-Core 261 8-Core 278 36% 269 Pts	64-Core 265 16% 265 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 67%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GT 1030 185,384 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Gigabyte(1458 375D) 2GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 516.59 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	14.6% Very poor	Lighting 18 Reflection 18.6 Parallax 18.7 15% 18.4 fps	MRender 16.2 Gravity 19.2 Splatting 17.1 14% 17.5 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 14.6% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WDS100T2B0A-00SM50 1TB 74,123 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 264GB free (System drive) Firmware: 415000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 355 365 375 369 366 373 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 462 Mixed 388 SusWrite 367 97% 430 MB/s	4K Read 39.3 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 51.6 182% 65.9 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 317 DQ Mixed 255 217% 318 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 117%
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 180,890 User benchmarks, average bench 228% 258GB free Firmware: 211210WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1355 785 809 823 843 845 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	231% Outstanding	Read 1,516 Write 1,906 Mixed 1,322 SusWrite 910 318% 1,413 MB/s	4K Read 46.8 4K Write 174 4K Mixed 72.8 256% 97.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,017 DQ Write 583 DQ Mixed 758 575% 786 MB/s
Poor: 164% ↑ This bench: 231% Great: 276%
Drevo D1 SSD 240GB 618 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 188GB free Firmware: Q0405A SusWrite @10s intervals: 424 221 96 89 96 96 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Read 489 Write 425 Mixed 393 SusWrite 170 83% 370 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 24.4 134% 54.9 MB/s	DQ Read 189 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 32.3 86% 178 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 110%
StoreJet Transcend 1TB 14,954 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 602GB free, PID 5106 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 120 121 119 116 116 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	49.2% Average	Read 81.8 Write 119 Mixed 85 SusWrite 117 142% 101 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 3.7 4K Mixed 0.6 154% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GB 43,127 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	60.4% Good	MC Read 21 MC Write 22.5 MC Mixed 19.4 60% 21 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 19.2 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 61.5 65% 61.5 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 63%

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Gaming 43%

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Desktop 85%

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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	66x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	65x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	56x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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