Asus Z97-E/USB 3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 65.9%, 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 (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

21 months ago, 21 months ago, 21 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 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 02:21
Run Duration	244 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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 (95^th percentile)	65.9% Good	Memory 93.4 1-Core 100 2-Core 178 74% 124 Pts	4-Core 215 8-Core 276 31% 245 Pts	64-Core 277 17% 277 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 65.9% 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: 357 362 381 358 367 367 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 477 Mixed 379 SusWrite 365 97% 430 MB/s	4K Read 39.5 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 51.7 181% 65 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 317 DQ Mixed 250 214% 316 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: 1359 788 812 818 844 840 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	237% Outstanding	Read 1,554 Write 1,743 Mixed 1476 SusWrite 910 320% 1,421 MB/s	4K Read 52.8 4K Write 172 4K Mixed 78.2 271% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 1,019 DQ Write 572 DQ Mixed 807 597% 799 MB/s
Poor: 164% ↑ This bench: 237% Great: 276%
Drevo D1 SSD 240GB 618 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 188GB free Firmware: Q0405A SusWrite @10s intervals: 429 308 96 94 95 90 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Read 509 Write 386 Mixed 396 SusWrite 185 82% 369 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 24.3 128% 52.3 MB/s	DQ Read 193 DQ Write 313 DQ Mixed 30.1 86% 179 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 80.8% 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: 82 121 121 119 117 116 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	45.6% Average	Read 79.6 Write 114 Mixed 90 SusWrite 113 141% 99.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 0.6 126% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 45.6% 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 way above expectations (94^th percentile)	61.8% Good	MC Read 21 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 19.8 61% 21.2 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 21 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 61.2 65% 61.2 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 63%

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Gaming 42%

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Desktop 84%

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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	253x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	105x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	67x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	65x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	57x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	38x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	31x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	30x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $139Bench 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: 60% - Above average

Total price: $648

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16