Asus Z97-E/USB 3.1

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	73.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	59.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 20 months ago, 20 months ago, 18 months ago, 18 months ago, 18 months ago, 18 months ago, 18 months ago, 18 months ago, 18 months ago, 18 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago, 17 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 12 months ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus Z97-E/USB 3.1 (all builds)
Memory	25.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150205
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 11 '22 at 05:23
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	37%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4670K-$62 128,482 User benchmarks, average bench 68% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	Memory 88.4 1-Core 112 2-Core 224 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 403 8-Core 376 53% 389 Pts	64-Core 401 25% 401 Pts
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Zotac(19DA 1394) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 526.86 Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	73.3% Very good	Lighting 90.7 Reflection 105 Parallax 93.1 74% 96.3 fps	MRender 92 Gravity 91.1 Splatting 82.8 72% 88.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
FCCT256M4SSD1 256GB 628 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: 070H SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 209 217 129 75 104 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	59.7% Above average	Read 455 Write 240 Mixed 245 SusWrite 151 60% 273 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 77.5 4K Mixed 15.1 93% 38 MB/s	DQ Read 120 DQ Write 113 DQ Mixed 22.9 43% 85.1 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 75%
Toshiba P300 3TB-$100 74,038 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 890GB free Firmware: MX6OACF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 119 122 125 123 123 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	73.1% Very good	Read 132 Write 145 Mixed 23.2 SusWrite 122 76% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.5 134% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1866 CL10 Series 0118 8GBH2X04F1AA28-15 1302 1866 CL10 Series 0118 8GBH2X04F1AA28-15 32GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 1867, 1867, 1867, 1867 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	69.9% Good	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 23.2 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 21.4 SC Mixed 21.5 56% 19.7 GB/s	Latency 69.1 58% 69.1 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 72%

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Typical Z97-E/USB 3.1 Builds (Compare 607 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asus Z97-E/USB 3.1

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	254x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	105x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	68x

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	32x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	30x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 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 i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16